European Cytokine Network
MENUThe interleukin-6 cytokine system in embryonic development, embryo-maternal interactions and cardiogenesis. Volume 12, numéro 1, March 2001
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, D-48129 Münster, Germany.
- Page(s) : 15-21
- Année de parution : 2001
EARLY EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT A correctly developing preimplantation embryo is one prerequisite for successful implantation. Adjustment between the maternal immunological and endocrinological responses is considered to have potentially important influences on the production of cytokines and growth factors by early embryos. These cytokines may act in an autocrine fashion, similar to their pleiotropic effects on the immune system and other [...]