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The presence in human serum of a circulating soluble leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (sgp190) and its evolution during pregnancy. Volume 9, numéro 4, December 1998

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Université de Bordeaux 2, CNRS-UMR 5540, 146 rue Léo-Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux, France. Tel: (+33) 5 57 57 14 70, Fax: (+33) 5 57 57 14 72, e-mail: Jean-Francois.Moreau@umr5540.u-bordeaux2.fr
  • Page(s) : 599-606
  • Année de parution : 1999

INTRODUCTION The pivotal role of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) in reproduction was hypothesized based on studies of homozygous LIF-deficient female mice which failed to become pregnant even though their blastocysts implanted and developed normally when transferred to pseudopregnant wild-type females [1]. In addition, LIF was found to be expressed in various reproductive tissues, e.g., the uterus [2, 3], the placenta and [...]