Temporal expression profiling of the uterine luminal epithelium of the pseudo-pregnant mouse suggests receptivity to the fertilized egg is associated with complex transcriptional changes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2495-2513

  Campbell, E A ^a   O'Hara, L ^a   Catalano, R D ^a   Sharkey, A M ^a   Freeman, T C ^b,c   Johnson, Martin H ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research (RFCGR)   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo receptivity; Implantation window; Mice; Microarray; Uterine luminal epithelium

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; APOPTOSIS SIGNAL REGULATING KINASE 1; ARACHIDONATE 15 LIPOXYGENASE; BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; DELTA SLEEP INDUCING PEPTIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; F BOX PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLYCEROPHOSPHOINOSITOL INOSITOLPHOSPHODIESTERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LIPOCORTIN 1; LIPOCORTIN 4; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID RECEPTOR; ONCOSTATIN M; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4 PHOSPHATE KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN DNAJ; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; TENASCIN; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 33749593114     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del195     Document Type: Article

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