Effect of primary human endometrial stromal cells on epithelial cell receptivity and protein expression is dependent on menstrual cycle stage

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 176-190

  Evron, A ^a,b   Goldman, S ^a   Shalev, E ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

endometrial stroma; implantation; matrix metalloproteinase 2; plexin B1; receptivity

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PLEXIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 78650714367     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq296     Document Type: Article

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