Endometrial receptivity Bruce A Lessey and Stanley R Glasser

There is increasing interest in the role of the endometrium in trophoblast attachment and invasion during implantation.1,2 The endometrium represents a barrier to implantation except under appropriate and defined hormonal conditions. To understand the regulatory biology that governs uterine receptivity requires an appreciation not only of the many endometrial peptides, cytokines, and signaling mol…