Article
[The regulation of endometrial and trophoblastic metalloproteinases during blastocyst implantation].
Contraception, fertilite, sexualite (1992) - 1 Jan 1994
Bischof P, Martelli M, Campana A
Abstract excerpt
The trophoblastic cells of the blastocyst and of the placenta express an invasive phenotype. These cells produce and secrete metalloproteinases which are capable of digesting the extracellular matrix and invade it. The different endometrial cells produce the same enzymes and favour thus the impla...
Topics
- Embryo Implantation
- Endometrium
- Female
- Fibronectins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Humans
- Integrins
- Laminin
- Metalloendopeptidases
- Phenotype
- Placenta
- Protein Binding
- Trophoblasts