Human endometrial transcriptomics: Implications for embryonic implantation

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Gómez, Eva ^a   Ruíz Alonso, Maria ^a   Miravet, Jose ^a   Simón, Carlos ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

L SELECTIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; METALLOTHIONEIN; OSTEOPONTIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PROGESTERONE; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOMARKERS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS;

EID: 84934784355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21571422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a022996     Document Type: Article

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