Quantifying the biomechanics of conception: L-selectin-mediated blastocyst implantation mechanics with engineered "trophospheres"

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 189-196

  Yucha, Robert W ^a   Jost, Monika ^b   Rothstein, Dianne ^c   Robertson, Noreen ^b   Marcolongo, Michele S ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Prime Synthesis Inc   (United States)

^d Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; HUMAN IMPLANTATION; HUMAN SUBJECTS; PARALLEL PLATE FLOW CHAMBER; SIALYL LEWIS X; SURFACE EXPRESSION;

MECHANICS;

DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN; L SELECTIN; PROGESTERONE; SIALYL LEWIS X ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC MODULATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLASTOCYST; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; L-SELECTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84891509890     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2013.0067     Document Type: Article

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