Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 8 , Pages 2738-2743 , 15 May 2010

Vitamin D3 receptor is expressed in the endometrium of cycling mice throughout the estrous cycle

  • Amir Hassan Zarnani, D.M.T., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
    • Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mehdi Shahbazi, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Immunology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Alireza Salek-Moghaddam, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Immunology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mehri Zareie, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Maryam Tavakoli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Immunology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Jemileh Ghasemi, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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  • Simin Rezania, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Ali Moravej, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Immunology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Ebrahim Torkabadi, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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  • Hodjattallah Rabbani, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Immune and Gene Therapy Laboratory, CCK, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Immune and Gene Therapy Laboratory, CCK, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani, Ph.D., Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, P.O. Box: 19615-1177, Tehran, Iran (FAX: +98-21-22432021).

Received 19 January 2009 ,Revised 23 September 2009 ,Accepted 23 September 2009.

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 A.H.Z. has nothing to disclose. M.S. has nothing to disclose. A.S-M. has nothing to disclose. M.Z. has nothing to disclose. M.T. has nothing to disclose. J.G. has nothing to disclose. S.R. has nothing to disclose. A.M. has nothing to disclose. E.T. has nothing to disclose. H.R. has nothing to disclose. M.J-T. has nothing to disclose.

 Funding provided by Avicenna Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03795-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.045

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 8 , Pages 2738-2743 , 15 May 2010

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