BMPR2 is required for postimplantation uterine function and pregnancy maintenance

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2539-2550

  Nagashima, Takashi ^a,c   Li, Qinglei ^b   Clementi, Caterina ^a   Lydon, John P ^a   DeMayo, Francesco J ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN 15; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; FERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ANGIOPOIETINS; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GIANT CELLS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-15; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; PROGESTERONE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84878570559     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI65710     Document Type: Article

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