title: [Plasma levels of sex hormones and their receptors in the endometrium of women with normal menstrual cycle].
abstract: Plasma estrogen, progesterone, cortisol and prolactin concentrations were determined by RIA in 20 healthy women on the 7th-10th and 24th-26th days of the menstrual cycle. The content of estrogen and progesterone receptors in the cytosol and nuclei of the endometrium was studied by a method of adsorption on dextran-covered carbon; pathomorphological investigation of the endometrium was performed. Sex hormone concentration was shown to be significantly lower in the middle (proliferative) phase as compared to the late one (secretory). Cortisol and prolactin concentrations in both periods did not change. The content of both sex hormone receptors was significantly higher in the middle (proliferative) phase. On the basis of the content and ratio of plasma sex hormones and receptor content in the endometrium a conclusion was made that the main factor in the regulation of receptor levels by sex hormones was the ratio of their concentrations in the plasma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004717:Endometrium / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone
vernacular_title: Soderzhanie polovykh gormonov v plazme i ikh retseptorov v éndometrii zhenshchin v normal'nom menstrual'nom tsikle.