Ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization alters the intrauterine cytokine, chemokine, and growth factor milieu encountered by the embryo

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1764-1768

  Boomsma, Carolien M ^a   Kavelaars, Annemieke ^a   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^a,b   Fauser, Bart C J M ^a   Heijnen, Cobi J ^a   MacKlon, Nick S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cytokine; endometrium; in vitro fertilization; Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; EOTAXIN; GANIRELIX; GROWTH FACTOR; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 5; LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; DKK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HBEGF PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETION (PROCESS); UTERUS;

ADULT; CHEMOKINE CCL11; CHEMOKINES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UTERUS; HEPARIN-BINDING EGF-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 77957190384     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.044     Document Type: Article

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