Dynamic reciprocity between cells and their microenvironment in reproduction

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Thorne, Jeffrey T ^a   Segal, Thalia R ^b   Chang, Sydney ^c,d   Jorge, Soledad ^c,e   Segars, James H ^c   Leppert, Phyllis C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Dynamic reciprocity (DR); Extracellular matrix (ECM); Fibroids; Folliculogenesis; Mechanotransduction (MT); Ovary; Ovulation; Pathogenesis; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANATOMY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERUS MYOMA; ADULT; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; OVARY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; UTERUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84930344322     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.121368     Document Type: Review

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