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Engineered cell instructive matrices for fetal membrane healing

Iatrogenic preterm prelabour rupture of fetal membranes (iPPROM) occurs in 6-45% of the cases after fetoscopic procedures, posing a significant threat to fetal survival and well-being. The number of diagnostic and therapeutic prenatal interventions availab ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2015

Liver receptor homolog-1 is essential for pregnancy

Kristina Schoonjans

Successful pregnancy requires coordination of an array of signals and factors from multiple tissues. One such element, liver receptor homolog-1 (Lrh-1), is an orphan nuclear receptor that regulates metabolism and hormone synthesis(1). It is strongly expres ...

Nature Publishing Group2013

Notch1 mediates uterine stromal differentiation and is critical for complete decidualization in the mouse

Freddy Radtke

Uterine receptivity implies a dialogue between the hormonally primed maternal endometrium and the free-floating blastocyst. Endometrial stromal cells proliferate, avert apoptosis, and undergo decidualization in preparation for implantation; however, the mo ...

Federation of American Society of Experimental Biology2012

Photodynamic endometrial ablation: Morphological study

Georges Wagnières

Background and Objectives Endometriumablation provides an alternative treatment modality to hysterectomy for dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB). Its feasibility was demonstrated in animal studies. The purpose of this study was the evaluation of histol ...

Wiley-Blackwell2003

PPAR gamma/RXR alpha heterodimers are involved in human CG beta synthesis and human trophoblast differentiation

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans

Recent studies performed with null mice suggested a role of either RXR alpha or PPAR gamma in murine placental development. We report here that both PPAR gamma and RXR alpha are strongly expressed in human villous cytotrophoblasts and syncytiotrophoblasts. ...

2001

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