Human endometrial exosomes contain hormone-specific cargo modulating trophoblast adhesive capacity: Insights into endometrial-embryo interactions

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Greening, David W ^a   Nguyen, Hong P T ^b   Elgass, Kirstin ^c   Simpson, Richard J ^a   Salamonsen, Lois A ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryo implantation; Endometrium; Estrogen; Exosomes; Microenvironment; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Proteomics; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOGENESIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPREADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; EXOSOME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NIDATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CAVITY; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOMETRIUM; EXOSOMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84961233839     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.134890     Document Type: Article

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