Factors controlling blastocyst implantation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-216

  Minas, Vasilis ^a   Loutradis, Dimitris ^b   Makrigiannakis, Antonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blastocyst implantation; CRH; Cytokines; ECM degrading enzymes; Integrins

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CONTRACEPTION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

EID: 13844250611     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60942-X     Document Type: Article

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