Seminal transforming growth factor β1 stimulates granulocyte- macrophage colony-stimulating factor production and inflammatory cell recruitment in the murine uterus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1217-1225

  Tremellen, Kelton P ^a   Seamark, Robert F ^b   Robertson, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031978776     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.5.1217     Document Type: Article

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