PROTEIN AND RNA SYNTHESIS IN HUMAN PROLIFERATIVE ENDOMETRIUM IN ORGAN CULTURE AND THE EFFECT OF PROGESTERONE

Abstract

SUMMARY Tissue concentrations of glycogen and incorporation of leucine and uridine were measured after short-term organ culture of human endometrium. Higher concentrations of glycogen and an increased rate of incorporation of leucine were found in tissue from cultures treated with oestrogen and progesterone when compared with tissue from cultures treated with oestrogen alone. No detectable difference in uridine incorporation was observed in these experiments.