Endometriosis has been one of the most confusing gynecologic diseases since it was first
described approximately a century ago. The rate of endometriosis in infertile women ranges …

Implantation, a critical step for establishing pregnancy, requires molecular and cellular
events resulting in healthy uterine growth and differentiation, blastocyst adhesion, invasion …

Background Recurrent implantation failure is a critical issue in IVF‐ET treatment. Successful
embryo implantation needs appropriate molecular and cellular communications between …

Implantation in humans is a complex process that involves embryo apposition and
attachment to the maternal endometrial epithelium, traversing adjacent cells of the epithelial …

Implantation is the final and most important stage of embryogenesis and is of paramount
importance in achieving a successful pregnancy. Progesterone and estrogen are steroid …

Despite advances in assisted reproductive techniques in the 4 decades since the first
human birth after in vitro fertilisation, 1–2% of couples experience recurrent implantation …

STUDY QUESTION Do human blastocysts which subsequently implant release factors that
regulate endometrial epithelial cell gene expression and adhesion to facilitate endometrial …

The endometrium is receptive to an intrusive blastocyst during a limited time span, defined
as the implantation window. No definite clinically applicable receptivity marker has been …

Successful implantation requires synchronous development of embryo and endometrium.
Endometrial receptivity results from progesterone‐induced differentiation of endometrial …

STUDY QUESTION Does gene expression of putative endometrial implantation markers
vary in expression between menstrual cycles? SUMMARY ANSWER In fertile women the …