Alpha-2 macroglobulin controls trophoblast positioning in mouse implantation sites

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 912-921

  Esadeg, S ^a   He, H ^a   Pijnenborg, R ^b   Van Leuven, F ^b   Croy, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CYTOKINE; MURINOGLOBULIN 1; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX RATIO; STRESS; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0142243189     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(03)00148-6     Document Type: Article

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