Cell signaling in trophoblast-uterine communication

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2-4, 2014, Pages 261-271

  Fritz, Rani ^a   Jain, Chandni ^a   Randall Armant, D ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Endometrium; Growth factor; Signaling; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

BINDING AFFINITY; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; UTERUS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 84904215772     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.140011da     Document Type: Review

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