Endometrial stromal cells and decidualized stromal cells: Origins, transformation and functions

Gene

Volumn 551, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Zhu, Ha ^a   Hou, Cong Cong ^a   Luo, Ling Feng ^a   Hu, Yan Jun ^b   Yang, Wan Xi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Decidualized stromal cells (DSCs); Endometrial stromal cells (ESCs); Endometrium; Implantation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADIPONECTIN RECEPTOR 1; ADIPONECTIN RECEPTOR 2; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; DEATH DOMAIN RECEPTOR SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; THROMBOPLASTIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA10; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN; HORMONE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSKELETON; DECIDUALIZATION; DENDRITIC CELL; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERUS; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSKELETON; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; STROMAL CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84907554176     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.08.047     Document Type: Review

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