Estrogen-Dependent Uterine Secretion of Osteopontin Activates Blastocyst Adhesion Competence

• Takashi Chaen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takashi Chaen, Toshihiro Konno

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshihiro Konno ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takashi Chaen, Toshihiro Konno

  * E-mail: konnot@gmail.com

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mahiro Egashira,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Rulan Bai,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Nana Nomura,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shintaro Nomura,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan

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• Yasushi Hirota,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshihiro Sakurai,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Imakawa

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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