Trafficking of neutrophils involves endothelial cell-expressed intercellular adhesion molecule ICAM Previous studies observed that ICAM-1 was immunolocalized to the endothelium of endometrial specimens across the menstrual cycle , but disagreed as to whether extra-endothelial cell types express ICAM-1 and whether ICAM-1 expression varies across the menstrual cycle. The biopsies were formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded with subsequent immunohistochemical staining for ICAM

For endometrial dating, the phase assignment is made based on previous histological dating by at least two independent pathologists. Figure 1: Principal component analysis of human endometrium throughout the development of the luteal phase in natural (LH + n) and controlled ovarian stimulation cycles (human chorionic gonadotropin + n).

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Current clinical irrelevance of luteal phase deficiency: HOX gene expression is altered in the endometrium of women with endometriosis. Corpus luteum function and regression. Regulation of HOXA expression by testosterone in vitro and in the endometrium of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab.