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. 2019 Dec 18;21(1):23. doi: 10.3390/ijms21010023
WOI Window of implantation
CG Chorionic gonadotropin
IL Interleukin
LIF
IVF
RIF
Leukemia inhibitory factor
In vitro fertilization
Recurrent implantation failure
ART Assisted reproduction technology
ECM Extracellular matrix
LH
uNK
Luteinizing hormone
Uterine natural killer
cAMP Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
BCL-2
LHCGR
B-cell lymphoma 2
LH/CG receptor
COX2 Cyclooxygenase-2
PGES Prostaglandin E synthase
Erk1/2 Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1/2
PGE2
NOTCH1
Prostaglandin E2
Notch receptor 1
PR Progesterone receptor
α-SMA α-smooth muscle actin
IGFBP1 Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1
ER Oestrogen receptor
PRL Prolactin
EGF Epidermal growth factor
AREG Amphiregulin
HB-EGF Heparin binding epidermal growth factor
EREG Epiregulin
JAG1 Jagged1
DLL Delta-like
HES Hairy enhancer of split
HEY1 Hes-related 1
ICM Inner cell mass
FOXO1 Forkhead box protein O1
PKA Protein kinase A
MMP Matrix metalloproteinase
TH Thyroid hormone
TR Thyroid hormone receptor
TSHR Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor
DIO2 Type 2 deiodinase
LIFR LIF receptor
ERA Endometrial receptivity array
HESCs Human endometrial stromal cells
Tregs Regulatory T cells
IFN-γ Interferon-γ
ISP1 Strypsin
ISP2 Lysin
JAK Janus kinases
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription protein
OPN Osteopontin
MUC1 Mucin 1
E-cadherin Endothelial cadherin
OB-cadherin Osteoblast cadherin
CSF-1 Colony-stimulating factor-1
IUGR Intrauterine growth restriction
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor α
MCSF Macrophage colony-stimulating factor
TGFβ Transforming growth factor β
EGFL7 Epidermal growth factor-like domain 7
TIMPs Tissue inhibitors of MMPs
PA Plasminogen activator
PAI-1 Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
uPA Urokinase-type plasminogen activator