TY - JOUR TI - Molecular determinants of uterine receptivity AU - Tu, Zhaowei AU - Ran, Hao AU - Zhang, Shuang AU - Xia, Guoliang AU - Wang, Bingyan AU - Wang, Haibin T2 - The International Journal of Developmental Biology AB - Uterine receptivity is defined as a limited period when the uterine environment is conducive to blastocyst acceptance and implantation. Any disturbance of this early pregnancy event will compromise pregnancy success. In this review, we first briefly summarize uterine morphological coordination for the attainment of receptivity, then focus on elucidating the molecular complexity in establishing uterine receptivity and hence embryo implantation. A better understanding of the molecular basis governing uterine receptivity will help to improve the outcome of natural pregnancy and pregnancy conceived via assisted reproductive techniques. PY - 2014 DO - 10.1387/ijdb.130345wh VL - 58 IS - 2-3-4 SP - 147 EP - 154 J2 - Int. J. Dev. Biol. LA - en SN - 0214-6282 SN - 1696-3547 UR - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/130345wh Y2 - 2024/11/05/17:20:41 ER -