
%0 Journal Article
%A Bhartiya, D 
%A Bajpai, VK 
%T Cyclic alterations in rhesus monkey endometrium by scanning electron microscopy
%J Reproduction, Fertility and Development
%D 1995/10/01
%V 7
%N 5
%P 1199-1207
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/RD9951199
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/RD9951199 
%X The present study was undertaken to correlate the surface topography of endometrium with altered concentrations of circulating steroids during different phases of the artificially-induced menstrual cycle. Scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that oestradiol during the oestrogenic phase induces an increase in the number of ciliated cells and the size of microvilli; by contrast, progesterone, in addition to inducing secretory activity in non-ciliated cells, had a negative effect on oestradiol-dependent morphological characteristics of ciliated cells, causing a reduction in cell number and deciliation, and inducing drooping of cilia during the progestogenic phase of the artificially-induced menstrual cycle. In addition, surface and glandular epithelial cells both actively participate in restoration of the endometrial surface during the menstrual phase, an event which parallels endometrial shedding. 
