Control of uterine receptivity and embryo implantation by steroid hormone regulation of LIF production and LIF receptor activity: Towards a molecular understanding of "The window of implantation"

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-126

  Cheng, Jr Gang ^a   Rodriguez, Clara I ^a   Stewart, Colin L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst implantation; LIF; MAPK; Stat; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; GROWTH INHIBITOR; HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIF PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIF PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOKINE; STEROID;

CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME;

ANIMAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HORMONES; HUMAN; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; STEROIDS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

EID: 0035985021     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015402811650     Document Type: Review

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