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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Main Authors: S.F. Oliveira, P. Abrahamsohn, T.M.T. Zorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1998-02-01
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