1. Nidation Window: From Basic to Clinic. - 2. Surges of Interest and Progress in Implantation Research: An Overview. - I. Hormonal Regulation. - 3. Regulation of Endometrial Responsiveness to Estrogen and Progesterone by Pregnancy Recognition Signals During the Periimplantation Period. - 4. Hormonal Control of Implantation in Some Carnivores. - 5. Differential Gene Expressions and Programmed Cell Death in the Two Cell Populations Forming the Rat Decidua. - II. Uterine Receptivity. - 6. Uterine Receptivity and Endometrial Secretory Protein Patterns. - 7. Mucins and Proteoglycans as Modulators of Embryo-Uterine Epithelial Cell Attachment. - 8. Blastocyst's State of Activity and the Window of Implantation in the Mouse. - III. Cell-Cell Interaction. - 9. Extracellular Matrix Remodeling at Implantation: Role of Hyaluronan. - 10. Cellular Interactions During Implantation in Ruminants. - 11. Active and Passive Morphological Interactions of Trophoblast and Endometrium During Early Implantation. - IV. Growth Factors/Cytokines. - 12. IGF System in Periimplantation Uterus and Embryonic Development. - 13. Cytokine Gene Expression and Distribution of Inflammatory Leukocytes in the Periimplantation Mouse Uterus. - 14. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Deficiency Results in Periimplantation Lethality in Mouse. - 15. Estrogen Regulation of Uterine Proliferation: How Many ERRs Are Required?. - V. Immunobiology of Implantation. - 16. Proteinase Inhibitors at the Trophoblast-Uterine Interface: Roles in Implantation or Immunomodulation. - 17. Role of Decidual Large Granular Lymphocytes/Natural Killer Cells in Human Implantation. - 18. Human Endometrial Corticotropin Releasing Hormone and Proopiomelanocortin Peptides: Potential Physiological Role(s) in Early Pregnancy. - 19. Immunological Regulation ofEndometrial Function: Cytokine Production in the Human Endometrium. - VI. Trophoblast Invasion. - 20. Epidermal Growth Factor Up-Regulates Human Cytotrophoblast Invasion. - 21. Nutrient Control of Trophoblast Cell Function?. - 22. Collagen VI and Laminin as Markers of Differentiation of Endometrial Stroma. - Author Index. Language: English