Progestins Upregulate FKBP51 Expression in Human Endometrial Stromal Cells to Induce Functional Progesterone and Glucocorticoid Withdrawal: Implications for Contraceptive- Associated Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Kayisli O, Kayisli UA, Basar M, Semerci N, Schatz F, Lockwood CJ. Progestins Upregulate FKBP51 Expression in Human Endometrial Stromal Cells to Induce Functional Progesterone and Glucocorticoid Withdrawal: Implications for Contraceptive- Associated Abnormal Uterine Bleeding. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0137855. PMID: 26436918, PMCID: PMC4593551, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman endometrial stromal cellsAbnormal uterine bleedingEndometrial stromal cellsMedroxyprogesterone acetateGuinea pigsUterine bleedingCultured human endometrial stromal cellsStromal cellsGlandular cellsProgestin only contraceptivesEndometrial blood flowOvariectomized guinea pigsMajor side effectsEffective family planning methodsGlucocorticoid receptor activationGR transcriptional activityFragile blood vesselsFamily planning methodsIngenuity Pathway AnalysisFKBP51 expressionFunctional withdrawalMicroarray resultsOnly contraceptivesGlucocorticoid withdrawalEndometrial inflammation