Cystathionine β-synthase deficiency causes infertility by impairing decidualization and gene expression networks in uterus implantation sites

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 702-716

  Nuño Ayala, Mario ^a   Guillén, Natalia ^a,e   Arnal, Carmen ^a,e   Lou Bonafonte, José M ^b,e   de Martino, Alba ^a,c   García de Jalón, Jose Antonio ^a   Gascón, Sonia ^a,e   Osaba, Lourdes ^d   Osada, Jesús ^a,e   Navarro, María Angeles ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA ARAGÓN IIS ARAGÓN   (Spain)

^d Progenika Biopharma   (Spain)

^e Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hyperhomocysteinemia; Reproduction; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOCYSTINURIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84864064200     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00189.2010     Document Type: Article

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