ヒト腸管神経系におけるプロゲステロン受容体発現
Naemi Kallabis1, Paula Maria Neufeld1, Alexandra Yurchenko1,2
1Institute of Anatomy, Department of Cytology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
International journal of molecular sciences
|January 28, 2026
まとめ
ヒト腸管神経系(ENS)にはプロゲステロン受容体が存在し、性別および年齢による違いが認められました。この発見は、腸脳間のコミュニケーションにおけるホルモンの影響と、神経変性疾患に対する治療標的の可能性を示唆しています。
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