Decidua

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decidualization

Broader Terms

uterus

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Human decidua is a major source of renin.
• Human decidua is a target tissue for bradykinin and kallikrein: phosphoinositide hydrolysis accompanies arachidonic acid release in uterine decidua cells in vitro.
• The dominant NK population in blood is CD16++CD56+CD3-, in contrast the decidua is infiltrated almost exclusively by CD16+-CD56+CD3- NK cells (uNK) which seem that decidua is an immunepriviliged tissue (Moller et al.
• decidua is dioecious, in case you didn't know, so a male and female are needed for berries.
• PM IDAuthorsTitleJournalPub Date 12482980Finkenzeller D, Fischer B, Lutz S, Schrewe H, Shimizu T, Zimmermann WCarcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 10 expressed specifically early in pregnancy in the decidua is dispensable for normal murine development.

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