Is the zona pellucida an intrinsic source of signals activating maternal recognition of the developing mammalian embryo?

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Araki, Yoshihiko ^b   Toshimori, Kiyotaka ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic signal; Glycoprotein; Immune system; Maternal recognition; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EGG PROTEINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 67649804616     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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