Maternal organism and embryo biosensoring: Insights from ruminants

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-113

  Sandra, Olivier ^a,b   Constant, Fabienne ^a,b   Vitorino Carvalho, Anais ^a,b   Eozénou, Caroline ^a,b   Valour, Damien ^a,b   Mauffré, Vincent ^a,b   Hue, Isabelle ^a,b   Charpigny, Gilles ^a,b  

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

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Cell signalling; Endometrium; Immune cells; Ruminants; Sensor

Indexed keywords

LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; PROSTAGLANDIN; TAU INTERFERON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERFERON; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOSENSOR; BOVIDS; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; DATA MINING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOTHER; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; RUMINANT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CATTLE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RUMINANTS;

EID: 84926249185     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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