The LIF-mediated molecular signature regulating murine embryo implantation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Rosario, Gracy X ^a   Hondo, Eiichi ^b   Jeong, Jae Wook ^c   Mutalif, Rafidah ^a   Ye, Xiaoqian ^a   Yee, Li Xuan ^a   Stewart, Colin L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantation; LIF; Luminal epithelium; Microarray; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 5; COFILIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 17; CYTOKERATIN 5; EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; LAMININ; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MUCIN 1; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OSTEOPONTIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; LIF PROTEIN, MOUSE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; C3H MOUSE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DINOPROSTONE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE, INBRED C3H; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84924720713     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.118513     Document Type: Article

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