Analysis of uterine gene expression in interleukin-15 knockout mice reveals uterine natural killer cells do not play a major role in decidualization and associated angiogenesis

Reproduction

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-375

  Bany, Brent M ^a   Scott, Charles A ^a   Eckstrum, Kirsten S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVILLIN; ANNEXIN; ANNEXIN A8; CYTOKINE INDUCED APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR 1 PROTEIN; DEGENERATIVE SPERMATOCYTE HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 15; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RAP1 GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; SMALL PROLINE RICH PROTEIN 2D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER AND BTB DOMAIN CONTAINING 32 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMPLANTATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTERLEUKIN-15; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

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EID: 84858964582     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0325     Document Type: Article

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