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The interglandular tissue is also increased in quantity, and is crowded with large round, oval, or polygonal cells, termed decidual cells.

I. Embryology. 11. Development of the Fetal Membranes and Placenta 1918

Indeed, following implantation, the pregnant uterus is remodeled as a site of innate immunity where specialized NK cells termed decidual NK (dNK) comprise more than 40% of the entire cell population in the decidua

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They'll find a picture of decidual tissue from a 4-week abortion in which the fetus has been totally obliterated, and say, "SEE?"

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Many of the larger villi extend from the chorionic to the decidual surface, while others are attached to the septa which separate the cotyledons; but the great majority of the villi hang free in the intervillous space.

I. Embryology. 11. Development of the Fetal Membranes and Placenta 1918

There is a thickening of the mucous membrane, which commences about ten days before the menstrua - tion, and is analogous to decidual formation in the early stages of pregnancy.

Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877

These genes are involved in the complement-coagulation pathway, related to decidual hemorrhage.

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The second pathway that associated with PTB in the two cohorts is the decidual hemorrhage pathway that can potentially activate biochemical mediators such as matrix metalloproteinases and cause ECM degradation.

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Mitchell MD, Edwin S, Romero RJ (1990) Prostaglandin biosynthesis by human decidual cells: effects of inflammatory mediators.

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Oxytocin stimulates the decidual layer to release prostaglandins (which in turn enhance the effect of oxytocins).

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Activation of pAkt and p21 prompted decidual cells which surround implanting embryos to mature too quickly to terminal differentiation and senescence, a state where they can no longer divide.

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