Menstrual cycle-dependent changes of Toll-like receptors in endometrium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 586-593

  Aflatoonian, R ^a   Tuckerman, E ^a   Elliott, S L ^a   Bruce, C ^a   Aflatoonian, A ^b   Li, T C ^a   Fazeli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Menstrual cycle; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA;

EID: 33846558556     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del388     Document Type: Article

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