Endometrial secretions: Creating a stimulatory microenvironment within the human early placenta and implications for the aetiopathogenesis of preeclampsia

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-125

  Burton, G J ^a   Scioscia, M ^b   Rademacher, T W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Sacro Cuore Don Calabria ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial secretions; Insulin; IPGs; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; INOSITOL;

ENDOMETRIUM; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; METABOLISM; MICROENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79956081267     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.02.005     Document Type: Review

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