Effects of androgen on embryo implantation in the mouse delayed-implantation model

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1376-1383

  Diao, Hong Lu ^a,b   Su, Ren Wei ^b   Tan, Hui Ning ^b   Li, Shi Jie ^b   Lei, Wei ^b   Deng, Weng Bo ^b   Yang, Zeng Ming ^a,b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen; decidualization; implantation; mouse; uterus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; FORMESTANE; FULVESTRANT; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE 1; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASE 2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION, DELAYED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UTERUS;

EID: 52949083991     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1341     Document Type: Article

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