SOCS genes expression during physiological and perturbed implantation in bovine endometrium

Reproduction

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 545-557

  Carvalho, A Vitorino ^a   Reinaud, P ^a   Forde, N ^b   Healey, G D ^c   Eozenou, C ^a   Giraud Delville, C ^a   Mansouri Attia, N ^a,d   Gall, L ^a   Richard, C ^a   Lonergan, P ^b   Sheldon, I M ^c   Lea, R G ^e   Sandra, O ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISH PROTEIN; PROPIVERINE; PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 2; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 4; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 5; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 6; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 7; TAU INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERFERON; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHAROLAIS CATTLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEOLYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER; STAINING; STEADY STATE; STROMA CELL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BOVINE; BREEDING; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INTERFERON TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING PROTEINS;

EID: 84913559605     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-14-0214     Document Type: Article

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