Embryo implantation evolved from an ancestral inflammatory attachment reaction
Griffith OW, Chavan AR, Protopapas S, Maziarz J, Romero R, Wagner GP. Embryo implantation evolved from an ancestral inflammatory attachment reaction. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: e6566-e6575. PMID: 28747528, PMCID: PMC5559003, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701129114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerm pregnancyMaterno-fetal interfaceEGF-like growth factorInflammatory responseImmune responseEmbryo implantationPregnancyGrowth factorMucin 1Molecular changesImplantationKey markersMiceParturitionExhibit expressionMorphological changesHumansOpossumEutherian mammalsUterusImmunohistochemistryTranscriptomic analysisPlacentaImplantation reactionLocalization profiles