Endometrial responses to embryonic signals in the primate

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 295-302

  Banerjee, Prajna ^a   Fazleabas, Asgerally T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorionic gonadotropin; Decidualization; Endometrium; Implantation; LH CG receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANTIGESTAGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BABOON; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SURVIVAL; DECIDUALIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FIBROBLAST; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; TISSUE INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

PAPIO; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, LH;

EID: 77950349905     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082829pb     Document Type: Article

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