
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bhartiya, D 
A1  - Bajpai, VK 
T1  - Cyclic alterations in rhesus monkey endometrium by scanning electron microscopy
JF  - Reproduction, Fertility and Development
JO  - Reprod. Fertil. Dev.
Y1  - 1995
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
SP  - 1199
EP  - 1207
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/RD9951199 
N2  - 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. 
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