JCI - Patterns of expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptors in mice suggest a role in...
... and the maternal decidua, respectively). VEGF-binding activity, on the other hand, was found on endothelial cells of both ... decidua, giant trophoblast cells, adrenal cortex, and Leydig cells). Furthermore, in some cells upregulation of VEGF expression ...
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Maternal CXCR4 deletion results in placental defects and pregnancy loss mediated by immune dysregulation
Gene expression in decidua of WT and CXCR4-KO mice. RT-PCR results showing relative mRNA expression in decidua of WT and KO ... NK cells show abnormal distribution in decidua of CXCR4-KO mice. (A) Immunofluorescence images of decidua from WT and KO ... Processing of BM, spleen, blood, decidua, and myometrium by flow cytometry. Blood, spleen, BM, decidua, and myometrium were ... to decidua. In contrast to myeloid and NK cell subpopulations that were altered in hematopoietic organs and decidua in our ...
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Maternal obesity drives functional alterations in uterine NK cells
Uterine natural killer cells pace early development of mouse decidua basalis. Mol Hum Reprod. 2014;20(1):66-76.. View this ... DBA-lectin reactivity defines natural killer cells that have homed to mouse decidua. Placenta. 2009;30(11):968-973.. View this ... Decidual tissue (Decidua) and control media (RPMI) function as positive and negative controls, respectively. Molecular weights ... Uterine natural killer cells: supervisors of vasculature construction in early decidua basalis. Reproduction. 2015;149(2):R91- ...