STIMULATION OF CELL DIVISION IN THE ENDOMETRIAL EPITHELIUM OF THE RAT BY UTERINE DISTENTION

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Abstract
Epithelial cell division might be stimulated by mechanical dilation of the uterine lumen. The effect of uterine distention was compared with the mitogenic action of estradiol. Both factors apparently stimulate epithelial cell division through at least partly different metabolic channels.