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Menstrual blood closely resembles the uterine immune micro-environment and is clearly distinct from peripheral blood.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Feb 2014
van der Molen R G, Schutten J H F, van Cranenbroek B, ter Meer M, Donckers J, Scholten R R, van der Heijden O W H, Spaanderman M E A, Joosten I
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STUDY QUESTION: Is menstrual blood a suitable source of endometrial derived lymphocytes? SUMMARY ANSWER: Mononuclear cells isolated from menstrual samples (menstrual blood mononuclear cells (MMC)) are clearly distinct from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and show a strong resemblance with biopsy-derived endometrial mononuclear cells. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: A critical event in the onset of pregnancy is...
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