Placental growth factor is secreted by the human endometrium and has potential important functions during embryo development and implantation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Binder, Natalie K ^a   Evans, Jemma ^b,c   Salamonsen, Lois A ^b,c   Gardner, David K ^a   Kaitu'u Lino, Tu'uhevaha J ^a   Hannan, Natalie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; STROMA CELL; UTERUS FLUID; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETION (PROCESS); UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; PLACENTA GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; UTERUS;

EID: 84990986098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163096     Document Type: Article

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