Cellular Signals Controlling Uterine Function

Front Matter....Pages i-vi Prologue....Pages 1-4 Is Estrogen a Cellular Signal for Female Genital Tract Epithelium?....Pages 5-9 Reciprocal Tissue Interactions in Morphogenesis and Hormonal Responsiveness of the Female Reproductive Tract....Pages 11-29 Qualitative and Quantitative Morphology of Induction in Endometrial Epithelium....Pages 31-47 Interactions of Estrogens, Protooncogenes and Growth Factors....Pages 49-61 Expression of Metallothionein Genes in Preimplantation Embryos, Decidua and Placentae....Pages 63-80 Uterine Preparation for Blastocyst Attachment....Pages 81-97 Uterine Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Pregnancy....Pages 99-106 Glycoprotein Expression and Function in Embryo-Uterine Interactions....Pages 107-117 Uterine-conceptus Interactions During the Peri-implantation Period....Pages 119-136 The Endocrine Function of the Rodent Placenta: Placental Lactogens....Pages 137-143 The Origin and Role of Cytokines Determining Success and Failure in the Post-Implantation Period....Pages 145-155 Epilogue....Pages 157-159 Back Matter....Pages 161-191