Splenocytes in early pregnancy promote embryo implantation by regulating endometrial differentiation in mice

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2102-2107

  Takabatake, Keiko ^a   Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Goto, Yasuo ^a   Nakayama, Takahiro ^a   Higuchi, Toshihiro ^a   Fujita, Jun ^a   Maeda, Michiyuki ^a   Mori, Takahide ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Leukaemia inhibitory factor; Lymphocyte; Monocyte; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030781123     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.10.2102     Document Type: Article

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