Embryonic implantation and leukocyte transendothelial migration: different processes with similar players?

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ABSTRACT A clear parallelism between the different steps in human embryo‐endometrial apposition/adhesion/invasion and leukocyte‐endothelium rolling/adhesion/extravasation can be established. During human implantation and leukocyte trafficking, a first wave of soluble mediators regulates the expression and functional activity of adhesion molecules such as L‐selectin and integrins, which mediate both processes....