Regulation of expression and role of leukemia inhibitory factor and interleukin-6 in the uterus of early pregnant pigs

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 951-964

  Blitek, A ^a   Morawska, E ^a   Ziecik, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Endometrium; IL 6; LIF; Pig; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; RECEPTORS, OSM-LIF; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; UTERUS;

EID: 84865437179     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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