Estrogen receptor-[alpha] messenger RNA variants that lack exon 5 or exon 7 are coexpressed with wild-type form in human endometrium during all phases of the menstrual cycle

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.082 Byline: Paul B. Marshburn (a), Jian Zhang (d), Zahra Bahrani-Mostafavi (d), Behrooz Z. Mostafavi (d), Marie-Claire Marroum (b), Jean-Luc C. Mougeot (d), Michael J. Roshon (c) Abstract: We have assessed the expression levels of messenger RNA for estrogen receptor-[alpha] and splice variants lacking exon 5 or exon 7 that presumably exert dominant positive (splice variants lacking exon 5) and negative (splice variants lacking exon 7) effects, respectively, on estrogen responses in the human endometrium. Author Affiliation: (a) Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, (b) Pathology, (c) Emergency Medicine (d) and Cannon Research Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC Article Note: (footnote) Supported by the Health Services Foundation, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC. Presented at the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Boca Raton, Florida, January 18-21, 2004.