Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 908-914 , March 2009

Overexpression of fucosyltransferase VII (FUT7) promotes embryo adhesion and implantation

  • Yuanyuan Zhang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Liaoning Provincial Core Lab of Glycobiology and Glycoengineering, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People's Republic of China
    • Department of Cell Biology, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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  • Shuai Liu, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Liaoning Provincial Core Lab of Glycobiology and Glycoengineering, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Yuejian Liu, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Liaoning Provincial Core Lab of Glycobiology and Glycoengineering, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Zhongshan Wang, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Xiaoqi Wang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics and Dermatology, Children's Memorial Institute for Education and Research, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Qiu Yan, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Liaoning Provincial Core Lab of Glycobiology and Glycoengineering, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Qiu Yan, Professor and Director, Liaoning Provincial Core Lab of Glycobiology and Glycoengineering, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116027, People's Republic of China (FAX: 86-411-84722083).

Received 12 July 2007 ,Revised 5 December 2007 ,Accepted 5 December 2007.

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 Y.Z. has nothing to disclose. S.L. has nothing to disclose. Y.L. has nothing to disclose. Z.W. has nothing to disclose. X.W. has nothing to disclose. Q.Y. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 30270329 and 30670465).

PII: S0015-0282(07)04194-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.012

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 908-914 , March 2009

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