Role of uterine stromal-epithelial crosstalk in embryo implantation

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2-4, 2014, Pages 139-146

  Hantak, Alison M ^a   Bagchi, Indrani C ^b   Bagchi, Milan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Steroid hormone; Uterine differentiation; Uterine proliferation; Uterine receptivity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIREGULIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HEART AND NEURAL CREST DERIVATIVE EXPRESSED PROTEIN 2; JANUS KINASE; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DECIDUALIZATION; DIMERIZATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MITOGENICITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; UTERUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; FEMALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; STROMAL CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 84904158289     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.130348mb     Document Type: Review

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