Immunohistological study of the endometrial stromal fibroblasts in the opossum, Monodelphis domestica: Evidence for Homology with eutherian stromal fibroblasts

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Kin, Koryu ^a   Maziarz, Jamie ^a   Wagner, Günter P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell type evolution; Decidual cell; Endometrium; Evolution; FOXO1; HOXA11; Marsupial; Monodelphis; Opossum

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOPLASM; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MESENCHYME CELL; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OPOSSUM; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; STROMA CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OPOSSUMS; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84903783778     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.115139     Document Type: Article

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