Endometrium implantation and ectopic pregnancy.
Embryo in uterine implantation is a complex and multifactor-related process and is a downstream and ideal point for woman fertility control. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanism of implantation is a prerequisite for development of anti-implantation contraceptives. In spite of considerable accumulation of information from the laboratory animals that has been achieved, it is difficult to generate such information in human due to ethical restriction and experimental limitation, and the present knowledge for understanding the definitive mechanisms which control these events remains elusive. Embryo implantation can also occur outside uterus. Some women with abdominal pregnancies could successfully complete the processes of gestation and bear normal babies, implying that implantation itself may be not an endometrium-specific process. Reproductive biologists should cooperate with gynecologists to further comparatively study the molecular and cellular mechanisms of implantation normally occurring in endometrium and abnormally appearing outside uterine cavity. Such collaborative studies may generate new important information for developing anti-implantation contraceptive and for techniques of accurate diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. A specially designed GnRH-2 analog and a combination use of low dose RU486 and gossypol as anti-implantation contraceptives have been suggested.
Liu
Yixun
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State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China. liuyx@panda.ioz.ac.cn
D000818:Animals; D003270:Contraceptive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D010064:Embryo Implantation / Q000187:drug effects; D004717:Endometrium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control
D003270:Contraceptive Agents