New Mechanisms for Tissue-Selective Estrogen-Free Contraception

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Croxatto, H. B. (Editor), Schürmann, R. (Editor), Fuhrmann, U. (Editor), Schellschmidt, I. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop, 52
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Obstetrics.; Reproductive medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Reproductive Medicine.

Combined oral contraceptives are the most convenient and accepted method of hormonal contraception. Nevertheless, the medical community and consumers constantly demand innovation, additional benefits during use and lower hormonal load despite the high safety profile of available products. At the Ern...

Table of Contents:

• Progesterone Receptors and Opportunities for Contraception
• Reproductive Tissue-Selective Actions of Progesterone Receptors
• The Progesterone Receptor/Estradiol Receptor Association and the Progestin-Triggered S-Phase Entry
• Endometrial Morphology and Progestogens
• Role of Progesterone in the Structural and Biochemical Remodeling of the Primate Endometrium
• Effects of Progestogens on Endometrial Maturation in the Implantation Phase
• Gene Expression During the Implantation Window: Microarray Analysis of Human Endometrial Samples
• Role of EBAF/Lefty in Implantation and Uterine Bleeding
• Mechanisms Underlying Menstrual Bleeding Disturbances with Progestogens
• Human Endocervical Mucins
• Fallopian Tube Physiology: Preliminaries to Monospermic Fertilization and Cellular Events Post-fertilization.