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Wed 21 Apr, 2010 10:55 pm
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To investigate further, he and his colleagues took cells from the uteruses of women who had undergone miscarriages and ones who hadn't. They measured the expression of a key regulator of uterine receptivity called PROK1 and levels of prolactin, a marker of decidualisation - the monthly process by which the uterus prepares to receive an embryo. Decidualisation involves a thickening of the uterine wall and the growth of new blood vessels.
I find the term decidualisation difficult but it may well be the best descriptor for the process described.
decidualisation = the monthly process by which the uterus prepares to receive an embryo.
decidualisation is derived from deciduose. Trees that lose their leaves each winter are termed deciduose.
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