Profile of cytokine mRNA expression in peri-implantation human endometrium

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-81

  Lim, K J H ^a   Odukoya, O A ^a   Ajjan, R A ^b   Li, T C ^a   Weetman, A P ^b   Cooke, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometrium; Implantation

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0031934685     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.1.77     Document Type: Article

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