Leptin system in embryo development and implantation: A protein in search of a function

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-223

  Cervero, A ^a,b   Horcajadas, J A ^a   Dominguez F ^a   Pellicer, A ^a,b   Simón, Carlos ^a,b  

^a Fundacion IVI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo; Implantation; Leptin; Leptin receptor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN SH2; STAT3 PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 13844252136     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60943-1     Document Type: Article

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