Exosomes mediate embryo and maternal interactions at implantation and during pregnancy

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Shedding of exosomes and microvesicles is now a well-recognized, important method of cell-cell communication in a number of different cell types. However, their importance in the female reproductive tract and in mediating embryo-maternal interactions during pregnancy has only recently been recognized. Here we review the current literature as to release of extracellular vesicles by uterine cells, the embryo,, and...

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