Title | Endocrinology of Embryo-Endometrium Interactions [electronic resource] / edited by Stanley R. Glasser, Joy Mulholland, Alexandre Psychoyos |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1994 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1881-5 |
Descript | XI, 415 p. online resource |
Endocrinology of Embryo-Endometrial Interactions: A Hundred Years of Fascinating Discoveries -- Contributions of Comparative Studies to Understanding Mechanisms of Implantation -- Uterine Receptivity: Experimental Studies -- Cell Biology of Endometrial Receptivity and of Trophoblast-Endometrial Interactions -- Progesterone Directed Gene Expression in Rat Uterine Stromal Cells -- Cellular Aspects of Implantation in Ruminants -- Expression and Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-1 and Retinol Binding Protein in the Baboon (Papio anubis) Uterus -- The Expression of Peptidase Antigens, CD10/Neutral Endopeptidase, CD13/Aminopeptidase N and CD26/Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV in Human Endometrium -- Angiogenesis in the Rat Uterus During Pregnancy -- Uterine Receptivity: Clinical Studies -- Receptive and Refractory Period in Human Implantation -- Implantation of Human Blastocysts Following In Vitro Fertilization -- Characterization of the Human Endometrium in Relation to Implantation -- The M.C. Chang Memorial Lecture -- RU486: After Ten Years Novel Molecules and Reproductive Medicine -- Pregnancy Recognition -- Pregnancy Recognition -- Hemopoietic Cytokine Regulation of Trophoblast Interferon, Ovine Trophoblast Protein -- Involvement of Local Mediators in Blastocyst Implantation -- Immunoendocrine Functions of Trophoblast Interferons (IFN-? or TP-l or Trophoblastins) in the Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy -- The Decidual Hormones and Their Role in Pregnancy Recognition -- Endometrial Responses To Receptivity -- Embryo-Endometrial Interactions -- Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Their Binding Proteins in the Endometrium -- Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 (IGF2) Expression at the Embryonic-Maternal Boundary -- Colony Stimulating Factor-1 in the Female Reproductive Tract During the Pre- and Peri-Implantation Periods -- Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor and the Regulation of Blastocyst Implantation -- Carbohydrates and Implantation of the Mammalian Embryo -- In Vitro Analysis of Epithelial Surface Changes During Implantation -- Steroid Regulation of Inflammatory Responses in the Reproductive Tract -- In Vitro Systems to Study Embryo-Maternal Interactions -- The Interaction of Trophoblast with Endometrial Stroma -- Induction of Different Gap Junction Connexins in Response to Embryo Implantation -- Changes in Integrin Expression Reflect a Stepwise Differentiation Program in Mouse and Human Trophoblast -- Matrix Metalloproteinases: A Role in Implantation? -- Controlled Extracellular Matrix Degradation: A Fundamental Mechanism in the Implantation Process -- The Next Years -- Future Prospect of Research on Endocrinology of Embryo-Endometrial Interactions