Is progesterone a vasodilator?

Chronic treatment with progesterone but not medroxyprogesterone acetate restores the endothelial control of vascular tone in the mesenteric artery of ovariectomized rats. Menopause (2004) 1.50

MicroRNAs miR-186 and miR-150 down-regulate expression of the pro-apoptotic purinergic P2X7 receptor by activation of instability sites at the 3'-untranslated region of the gene that decrease steady-state levels of the transcript. J Biol Chem (2008) 1.40

P2X7 receptor-mediated apoptosis of human cervical epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol (2004) 1.35

A truncated P2X7 receptor variant (P2X7-j) endogenously expressed in cervical cancer cells antagonizes the full-length P2X7 receptor through hetero-oligomerization. J Biol Chem (2006) 1.30

ATP stimulates GRK-3 phosphorylation and beta-arrestin-2-dependent internalization of P2X7 receptor. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol (2005) 1.08

Estrogen abrogates transcervical tight junctional resistance by acceleration of occludin modulation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2004) 0.97

Changes in tight junctional resistance of the cervical epithelium are associated with modulation of content and phosphorylation of occludin 65-kilodalton and 50-kilodalton forms. Endocrinology (2005) 0.97

The P2X7 receptor: a novel biomarker of uterine epithelial cancers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2006) 0.95

Epidermal growth factor facilitates epinephrine inhibition of P2X7-receptor-mediated pore formation and apoptosis: a novel signaling network. Endocrinology (2004) 0.95

Decreased expression of P2X7 in endometrial epithelial pre-cancerous and cancer cells. Gynecol Oncol (2007) 0.93

Estrogen regulates epithelial cell deformability by modulation of cortical actomyosin through phosphorylation of nonmuscle myosin heavy-chain II-B filaments. Endocrinology (2006) 0.90

Activation of P2X(7)-mediated apoptosis Inhibits DMBA/TPA-induced formation of skin papillomas and cancer in mice. BMC Cancer (2009) 0.84

Regulation of P2X(7) gene transcription. Purinergic Signal (2009) 0.82

P2X(7) receptor expression is decreased in epithelial cancer cells of ectodermal, uro-genital sinus, and distal paramesonephric duct origin. Purinergic Signal (2009) 0.81

Effects of estrogen on vaginal innervation: denervation or remodeling? Menopause (2012) 0.75