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Mechanisms of action
• Endometrial decidualisation
• Influencing membrane structure and stability (Kalma et al 2009)
– bladder transmembranal protein, UPIb
– adipose differentiation-related protein and mucin 1, transmembrane
• Inflammatory response
• Increased Uterine NK cells (Siristatidis et al, 2014)
• Increased angiogenesis, thereby providing adequate blood flow to the tissue
• Endometrial synchronisation (Li et al, 2009)
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