A review of gene expression in porcine endometrial lymphocytes, endothelium and trophoblast during pregnancy success and failure

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 455-463

  Tayade, Chandrakant ^a   Fang, Yuan ^a   Croy, Barbara Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Fetal loss; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Uterine natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEATH; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SWINE; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO LOSS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LITTER SIZE; LYMPHOCYTES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; SWINE; TROPHOBLASTS;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34447324643     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18170     Document Type: Review

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