Biological roles of uterine glands in pregnancy

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 346-357

  Spencer, Thomas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst; decidualization; glands; implantation; pregnancy; uterus

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CXCL15 CHEMOKINE; ESTROGEN; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6 SIGNAL TRANSDUCER; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 5; LACTOFERRIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 4; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LGR4 PROTEIN; LYSOZYME 2; PREALBUMIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE 1; PROTEASE SERINE 28; PROTEASE SERINE 29; PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SH3 DOMAIN AND TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEATS 2; SODIUM ASCORBIC ACID COTRANSPORTER; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE FAMILY 1D MEMBER 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; TROPHININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; BODILY SECRETIONS; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM SECRETION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MOUSE MODEL; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ORGANOGENESIS; OVINE MODEL; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STROMA CELL; SURVIVAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; UTERINE GLAND DEVELOPMENT; UTERINE RECEPTIVITY; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION; ANIMAL; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 84903184687     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1376354     Document Type: Article

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