title: S-100 protein in glands within decidua and cervical glands during early pregnancy.
abstract: Strong immunoreactivity with polyclonal S-100 protein antisera and monoclonal S-100 alpha subunit antiserum was found in glandular cells of the decidua basalis and cervical polyps during early pregnancy. Immunoreactive S-100 protein was negative in glandular cells of the endometrium and cervix of nonpregnant women. It was also negative in endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma. While the function of S-100 protein is not known, a relationship between humoral factors related to pregnancy and expression of S-100 protein gene is suggested by the results of this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, St Mary's Hospital, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moritsuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haratake
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kage
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawano
mesh_terms: D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000032:analysis* / Q000166:cytology; D003656:Decidua / Q000032:analysis* / Q000166:cytology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000378:metabolism*; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins