Microarray analysis of equine endometrium at days 8 and 12 of pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 874-886

  Merkl, M ^a   Ulbrich, S E ^b   Otzdorff, C ^a   Herbach, N ^a   Wanke, R ^a   Wolf, E ^a   Handler, J ^a,c   Bauersachs, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryo maternal communication; Equus caballus; Female reproductive tract; Gene regulation; Horse; Pregnancy; Steroid hormones; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYAB GENE; ENDOMETRIUM; ERRFI1 GENE; FEMALE; FGF9 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORSE; IGFBP2 GENE; MARE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NR2F2 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STC1 GENE; STEREOLOGY; TNFSF10 GENE; UTERUS BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HORSES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 77958588596     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.085233     Document Type: Article

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