Implantation of the human embryo requires Rac1-dependent endometrial stromal cell migration

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Failure of the human embryo to implant into the uterine wall during the early stages of pregnancy is a major cause of infertility. Implantation involves embryo apposition and adhesion to the endometrial epithelium followed by penetration through the epithelium and invasion of the embryonic trophoblast through the endometrial stroma. Although gene-knockdown studies have highlighted several molecules that are...

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