Embryo Implantation: Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Aspects / Edition 1

by Daniel D. Carson

Overview

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on Embryo Implantation: Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Aspects, held f rom October 3-6, 1997 in Newport Beach, California. Internationally re cognized experts discuss the development and future of human in vitro fertilization and embryo implantation, the cellular aspects of implant ation, hormonal regulation, molecular markers of receptivity, trophobl ast factors, primate models and animal studies, and transcriptional re gulation of maternal-fetal recognition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387988061
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	09/24/1999
Series:	Serono Symposia USA
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Carson, Daniel D., PhD (Univ of Delaware)

Table of Contents

I. Development and Future of Human In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Implantation.- 1. Implantation in the Human as Viewed by Canon Law, Civil Law, and Natural Reason.- 2. The Impact of Maternal Age and Ovarian Age on Implantation Efficiency.- II. Cellular Aspects of Implantation.- 3. Vascular Invasion During Implantation and Placentation.- 4. Oxygen Regulates Human Cytotrophoblast Proliferation, Differentiation, and Invasion: Implications for Endovascular Invasion in Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia.- 5. Embryo—Maternal Interactions after Diapause in a Marsupial.- 6. Cellular Interactions and the Cysteine Proteinases in the Process of Mouse Implantation.- III. Hormonal Regulation.- 7. Novel Steroid-Regulated Markers of Implantation.- 8. Molecular Signaling in Implantation.- 9. Identification of Progesterone-Regulated Genes in the Uterus.- IV. Molecular Markers of Receptivity.- 10. Mucins Provide a Barrier to Embryo Implantation.- 11. Potential Involvement of Trophinin, Bystin, and Tastin in Embryo Implantation.- 12. Osteopontin in Human Endometrium: A Role in Endometrial Receptivity and Embryo Implantation?.- V. Trophoblast Factors.- 13. The Rabbit as a Model for Implantation: In Vivo and In Vitro Studies.- 14. Regulation of Trophoblast Endocrine Function: The Placenta Does Its Own Thing Transcriptionally.- 15. Transcription Factors Regulating the Differentiation of the Trophoblast Cell Lineage.- VI. Primate Models and Human Studies.- 16. Hormonal Regulation of Endometrial Gene Expression in the Rhesus Monkey.- 17. Embryo—Maternal Dialogue in the Baboon (Papio Anubis).- 18. Integrins and Uterine Receptivity.- 19. Keratinocyte Growth Factor in the Nonhuman Primate Endometrium: Regulation and Action.- 20. Molecular Lesions in Infertility.- VII. TranscriptionalRegulation of Fetal—Maternal Recognition.- 21. The Role of Abdominal B (AbdB) Hoxa Genes During Implantation.- 22. Possible Role of the Transcription Factor Oct-3/4 in Control of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Expression.- 23. Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Uterine Decidualization and Implantation: Cell—Cell and Cell—Extracellular Matrix Interactions.- 24. Regulation of Hormone Receptor Gene Expression in Endometrium.- Author Index.