Human fallopian tube epithelium constitutively expresses integrin endometrial receptivity markers: No evidence for a tubal implantation window

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 111-120

  Brown, J K ^a   Shaw, J L V ^a   Critchley, H O D ^a   Horne, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; Fallopian tube; Implantation; Integrin; Receptivity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 INTEGRIN; ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; ALPHA5 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; BETA3 INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN; OSTEOPONTIN; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRIN ALPHA1BETA1; INTEGRIN ALPHA4; INTEGRIN ALPHAVBETA3; INTEGRINS; LUTEAL PHASE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPONTIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RECEPTORS, COLLAGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863270130     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar068     Document Type: Article

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