Excessive ovarian stimulation up-regulates the Wnt-signaling molecule DKK1 in human endometrium and may affect implantation: An in vitro co-culture study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 479-490

  Liu, Yunao ^a   Kodithuwakku, Suranga P ^a,b   Ng, Pak Yiu ^a   Chai, Joyce ^a   Ng, Ernest H Y ^a,c   Yeung, William S B ^a,c   Ho, Pak Chung ^a,c   Lee, Kai Fai ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Implantation; Ovarian stimulation; Spheroids; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN ANTIBODY; DICKKOPF 2 PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHEROID CELL;

EID: 74549165387     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep429     Document Type: Article

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