Molecular aspects of implantation: The signals and molecular pathways involved in implantation, a symbiotic interaction between blastocyst and endometrium involving adhesion and tissue invasion

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1579-1602

  Tabibzadeh, S ^a   Babaknia, A ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Women's Hlth Inst of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometrium; Epithelial cells; Fertility; Implantation

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PLASMINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; STEROID HORMONE;

BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TISSUE INTERACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0029065072     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/10.6.1579     Document Type: Article

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