Structural Differentiation of Human Uterine Luminal and Glandular Epithelium during Early Pregnancy: An Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Study
Demir R, Kayisli U, Celik-Ozenci C, Korgun E, Demir-Weusten A, Arici A. Structural Differentiation of Human Uterine Luminal and Glandular Epithelium during Early Pregnancy: An Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Study. Placenta 2002, 23: 672-684. PMID: 12361686, DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlandular epitheliumEarly pregnancyTrophoblastic invasionEarly gestationClear cellsDark cellsImmunoreactivity of PCNAEpithelial cellsEarly human pregnancyHuman endometrial epitheliumApocrine secretory activityEndothelial marker CD31Luminal epithelial cellsEarly gestation periodCell nuclear antigenHuman pregnancyEndometrial cellsMenstrual cycleImmunohistochemical studyEndometrial epitheliumLuminal epitheliumSurface epitheliumProminent nucleoliPregnancyUterine secretions