Inverse regulation of the interferon-γ receptor and its signaling in human endometrial stromal cells during decidualization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 2131-2136

  Fluhr, Herbert ^a   Ramp, Kristina ^a   Krenzer, Stefanie ^b   Licht, Peter ^c   Zygmunt, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Fertility Center Nuremberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

decidualization; Endometrium; hCG; IFN R; implantation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CULTURE MEDIA; DECIDUA; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 65049086257     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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