Abstract
Summary
Estradiol causes a spectacular increase in the alkaline phosphatase activity of the genital tract of the rat. This increase is most marked in the stratified epithelium lining the lumen of the cervix, but it is also apparent in the connective tissue cells of the stroma of uterus and uterine cervix and in the circular musculature of the upper part of the genital tract.
In contrast to the stratified epithelium of the cervix and of the vagina, the columnar epithelium of the uterus shows very little phosphatase activity in the presence or absence of estradiol stimulation.
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