Effects of interleukin 11 (IL-11) on early post-implantation development of the rat

Cytokine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 797-800

  Caluwaerts, Silvia ^a   Pijnenborg, Robert ^a   Luyten, Catherine ^a   Keith Jr , James C ^b   Andre Van Assche F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidua; Interleukin 11; Placentation; Rat; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 11;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MITOSIS INDEX; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033949641     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1999.0628     Document Type: Article

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