Autoradiography reveals regional metabolic differences in the endometrium of pregnant and nonpregnant mice
The rodent endometrium undergoes remarkable modifications during pregnancy, resulting from a redifferentiation of its fibroblasts. During this modification (decidualization), the fibroblasts transform into large, polyhedral cells that establish intercellular junctions. Decidualization proceeds from...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
1998-02-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998000200015 |