Cytokines and Blastocyst Hatching

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 208-217

  Seshagiri, Polani B ^a   Vani, Venkatappa ^a   Madhulika, Pathak ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; female infertility; hatching failure; pro inflammatory; proteases; zona lysis

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BLASTOCYST; ENDOMETRIUM; EXOSOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HATCHING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84977509996     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12464     Document Type: Review

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