Understanding implantation window, a crucial phenomenon

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-6

  Sharma, Alok ^a   Kumar, Pratap ^b  

^a Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cellular adhesion molecule family; decidua; implantation

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CARDIOTROPHIN 1; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; L SELECTIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MUCIN 1; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ONCOSTATIN M; P CADHERIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; SELECTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 1; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 4; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

BLASTOCYST; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROVILLUS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

EID: 84863710082     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.97777     Document Type: Review

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