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SUBMITTER: Vallejo G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2840620 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vallejo Griselda G Maschi Darío D Mestre-Citrinovitz Ana C AC Aiba Kazuhiro K Maronna Ricardo R Yohai Victor V Ko Minoru S H MS Beato Miguel M Saragüeta Patricia P
Journal of cellular physiology 20100101 1
During the preimplantation phase of pregnancy the endometrial stroma differentiates into decidua, a process that implies numerous morphological changes and is an example of physiological transdifferentiation. Here we show that UIII rat endometrial stromal cells cultured in the presence of calf serum acquired morphological features of decidual cells and expressed decidual markers. To identify genes involved in decidualization we compared gene expression patterns of control and decidualized UIII c ...[more]