Cells with haematopoietic stem cell phenotype in adult human endometrium: Relevance to infertility?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 919-926

  Lynch, L ^a,c   Golden Mason, L ^a   Eogan, M ^b   O'Herlihy, C ^b,c   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^a,c  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Haematopoiesis; Human; Infertility; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFERTILITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIGENS, CD7; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 34347205647     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del456     Document Type: Article

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