A novel model of human implantation: 3D endometrium-like culture system to study attachment of human trophoblast (Jar) cell spheroids

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-43

  Wang, Hai ^a   Pilla, Federica ^b   Anderson, Sandra ^a   Martínez Escribano, Sebastián ^c   Herrer, Isabel ^c   Moreno moya, Juan M ^c   Musti, Sirisha ^b   Bocca, Silvina ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a   Horcajadas, José A ^c,d  

^a The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 dimensional culture system; Attachment; Human endometrium; Jar spheroid

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOKERATIN; FIBRIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAR SPHEROID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 84855167542     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar064     Document Type: Article

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