Expression of glycodelin and cyclooxygenase-2 in human endometrial tissue following three-dimensional culture

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-54

  Esfandiari, Navid ^a   Ai, Jafar ^a   Nazemian, Zohreh ^a   Javed, Murid H ^a   Gotlieb, Lynda ^a   Casper, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cyclooxygenase; Endometriosis; Glycodelin; Three dimensional fibrin matrix culture

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33845479278     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2006.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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