Natural selection of human embryos: decidualizing endometrial stromal cells serve as sensors of embryo quality upon implantation

Background Pregnancy is widely viewed as dependent upon an intimate dialogue, mediated by locally secreted factors between a developmentally competent embryo and a receptive endometrium. Reproductive success in humans is however limited, largely because of the high prevalence of chromosomally abnor...

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Main Authors: Teklenburg, Gijs (Author), Salker, Madhuri (Author), Molokhia, Mariam (Author), Lavery, Stuart (Author), Trew, Geoffrey (Author), Aojanepong, Tepchongchit (Author), Mardon, Helen J. (Author), Lokugamage, Amali U. (Author), Rai, Raj (Author), Landles, Christian (Author), Roelen, Bernard A. J. (Author), Quenby, Siobhan (Author), Kuijk, Ewart W. (Author), Kavelaars, Annemieke (Author), Heijnen, Cobi J. (Author), Regan, Jan J. (Author), Macklon, Nick S. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2010-04-21.
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