Endometrial receptivity in an in-vitro fertilization program


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The paper discusses the mechanisms responsible for the impact of superovulation induction on endometrial receptivity in in-vitro fertilization programs. It presents the morphological characteristics of the endometrium in stimulated cycles. The specific features of the expression of estrogen receptors and progesterone receptors and other endometrial receptivity markers (pinopodia, leukemia inhibitory factor, integrins) in natural and stimulated cycles are described. Changes in the endometrial gene expression profile in the stimulated cycles are shown.

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Elena Viktorovna Mityurina

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: mity-elena@yandex.ru
graduate student

Svetlana Grigorievna Perminova

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: perisvet@list.ru
MD, Leading Researcher 1st gynecological department

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Demura

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: demura-t@yandex.ru
Senior Researcher, PhD 1st Pathology Department

Elena Maratovna Gallyamova

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: nikson2003@inbox.ru
graduate student

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