Relaxin supports implantation and early pregnancy in the marmoset monkey

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1160, Issue , 2009, Pages 140-146

  Einspanier, Almuth ^a,b   Lieder, Kai ^a,b   Husen, Bettina ^b   Ebert, Katja ^a   Lier, Susanne ^c   Einspanier, Ralf ^c   Unemori, Elaine ^d   Kemper, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Corthera Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; HSD; Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Implantation; Marmoset monkey; Relaxin; RXFP1; Steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RXFP1; RELAXIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRTH; CELL INFILTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MARMOSET; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MARMOSETS;

EID: 64549089247     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03947.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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