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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
[[File: | Synonym: Mifepristone | ||
"Mifepristone is a progestational and glucocorticoid hormone antagonist. Its inhibition of progesterone induces bleeding during the luteal phase and in early pregnancy by releasing endogenous prostaglandins from the endometrium or decidua. As a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, the drug has been used to treat hypercortisolism in patients with nonpituitary CUSHING SYNDROME." | |||
*-Pubchem Description | |||
[[File:RU486.png|frame|right|RU486 structure, photo from pubchem]] | |||
==Genes Affected== | ==Genes Affected== | ||
*[http://www.xenbase.org/gene/showgene.do?method=display&geneId=945014 creb1] | |||
==Suppliers== | ==Suppliers== | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/m8046?lang=en®ion=US Sigma] | ||
==Usage Notes== | ==Usage Notes== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*[https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Pubchem] | *[https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/55245 Pubchem] | ||
*[http://www.xenbase.org/literature/article.do?method=display&articleId= | *[http://www.xenbase.org/literature/article.do?method=display&articleId=12136 Lutz et al., 1999] | ||
> | >43 Xenbase articles contain a reference to RU486 according to [http://www.xenbase.org/cgi-bin/textpresso/xenopus/search textpresso] | ||
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*[[Small Molecules for Xenopus Research|Back To Small Molecules Home Page]] | *[[Small Molecules for Xenopus Research|Back To Small Molecules Home Page]] | ||
Revision as of 10:39, 26 June 2015
Description
Synonym: Mifepristone "Mifepristone is a progestational and glucocorticoid hormone antagonist. Its inhibition of progesterone induces bleeding during the luteal phase and in early pregnancy by releasing endogenous prostaglandins from the endometrium or decidua. As a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, the drug has been used to treat hypercortisolism in patients with nonpituitary CUSHING SYNDROME."
- -Pubchem Description
Genes Affected
Suppliers
Usage Notes
References
>43 Xenbase articles contain a reference to RU486 according to textpresso