Blok LJ

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2007-2015
2015
Progesterone receptor membrane component 1 deficiency attenuates growth while promoting chemosensitivity of human endometrial xenograft tumors.
Cancer letters ·doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2014.09.036

Endometrial cancer is the leading gynecologic cancer in women in the United States with 52,630 women predicted to be diagnosed with the disease in 2014. The objective of this study was to determine if progesterone (P4) receptor membrane com…

2012
Identification of quiescent, stem-like cells in the distal female reproductive tract.
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040691

In fertile women, the endometrium undergoes regular cycles of tissue build-up and regression. It is likely that uterine stem cells are involved in this remarkable turn over. The main goal of our current investigations was to identify slow-c…

2007
Molecular analysis of human endometrium: short-term tibolone signaling differs significantly from estrogen and estrogen + progestagen signaling.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) ·doi:10.1007/s00109-006-0146-1

Tibolone, a tissue-selective compound with a combination of estrogenic, progestagenic, and androgenic properties, is used as an alternative for estrogen or estrogen plus progesterone hormone therapy for the treatment of symptoms associated …