Expression of α6 and β4 integrin subunits on human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle and during early pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-40

  Lanteri, Eleonora ^a   Pistritto, Maurizio ^a   Bartoloni, Giovanni ^a   Cordaro, Sebastiano ^a   Stivala, Franca ^a   Montoneri, Concetto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

6 integrin subunit; 4 integrin subunit; Glandular endometrium; Implantation window; Surface endometrium

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; LAMININ; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA4 INTEGRIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; INTEGRIN BETA4; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031594517     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00434-2     Document Type: Article

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