Seminal plasma and male factor signalling in the female reproductive tract

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 322, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-52

  Robertson, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervix; Embryo implantation; Human; Leukocytes; Semen; Seminal plasma; Transforming growth factor ; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPORT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MAMMAL; MATING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEMINAL PLASMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UTERUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 27944465772     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-1127-3     Document Type: Review

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