Endometrial inflammation and effect on implantation improvement and pregnancy outcome

Reproduction

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 661-668

  Granot, I ^a   Gnainsky, Y ^b   Dekel, N ^b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD83 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; GROWTH FACTOR; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MELANOMA GROWTH STIMULATORY ACTIVITY FACTOR; OSTEOPONTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOMETRIAL INFLAMMATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; MACROPHAGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO LOSS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGENERATION;

EID: 84870199812     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0217     Document Type: Review

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