Basic aspects of implantation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 728-739

  Guzeloglu Kayisli, Ozlem ^a   Basar, Murat ^a,b   Arici, Aydin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Endometrium; Implantation; Pregnancy; Uterine biology

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ESTROGEN; FAS LIGAND; GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 6; JANUS KINASE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STAT PROTEIN;

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TROPHOBLAST; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 37349056379     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60541-X     Document Type: Review

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