Altered endometrial immune gene expression in beef heifers with retarded embryos

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 966-970

  Beltman, M E ^a   Forde, N ^a   Lonergan, P ^a   Crowe, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory; embryo development; pre implantation; pro inflammatory; uterus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA DEFENSIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON GAMMA INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 6; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 1; NUCLEAR FACTOR OF KAPPA LIGHT POLYPEPTIDE GENE ENHANCER IN B CELLS 1; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEEF; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEIFER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSSES, GENETIC; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOKINES; EMBRYO LOSS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; IRELAND; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 1; NF-KAPPA B P50 SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN PRESERVATION;

EID: 84880237956     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12232     Document Type: Article

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