Leukemia inhibitory factor and interleukin-11: Critical regulators in the establishment of pregnancy

Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-328

  Paiva, Premila ^a   Menkhorst, Ellen ^a   Salamonsen, Lois ^a   Dimitriadis, Evdokia ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Fertility; IL11; Implantation; LIF

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 11 ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 11 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 11 RECEPTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR ANTAGONIST; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; LONG ACTING DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; BLASTOCYST; CONTRACEPTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-11; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PREGNANCY;

MUS;

EID: 69349101567     PISSN: 13596101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2009.07.001     Document Type: Review

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