The genomics of the human endometrium

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1822, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1931-1942

  Ruiz Alonso, Maria ^a   Blesa, David ^a   Simón, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Infertility; Menstrual cycle; Receptivity; Transcriptomic

Indexed keywords

CXCL14 CHEMOKINE; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 26; MICRORNA; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 3; OSTEOPONTIN; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MENSTRUATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84868460160     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: 1879260X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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