Lacey L

ORCID: 0000-0002-3000-928X · 3 papers in corpus
2021
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.cd001894.pub6

BackgroundFailure of implantation and conception may result from inability of the blastocyst to escape from its outer coat, which is known as the zona pellucida. Artificial disruption of this coat is known as assisted hatching and has been …

2016
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/en.2015-1914

Decidualization denotes the transformation of endometrial stromal cells into specialized decidual cells. In pregnancy, decidual cells form a protective matrix around the implanting embryo, enabling coordinated trophoblast invasion and forma…

2015
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ·doi:10.1096/fj.14-267195

Implantation requires coordinated interactions between the conceptus and surrounding decidual cells, but the involvement of clock genes in this process is incompletely understood. Circadian oscillations are predicated on transcriptional-tra…