Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 305-313 , March 2010

Assessment of presence and characteristics of multipotent stromal cells in human endometrium and decidua

  • Stanimir Kyurkchiev

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction Acad K Bratanov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 73 Tzarigradsko shosse, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Atanas Shterev

      Affiliations

    • IVF Unit, Ob/Gyn Hospital Dr Shterev, 25–31 Hristo Blagoev str, 1330 Sofia, Bulgaria
    • ,
  • Rumen Dimitrov

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction Acad K Bratanov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 73 Tzarigradsko shosse, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Received 30 July 2009 ,Revised 7 September 2009 ,Accepted 27 November 2009.

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 Stanimir Kyurkchiev, MD, DSc has been working on problems of reproductive immunology such as tissue-specific antigens of human placenta, identification of gamete-specific antigens and immune mechanisms in recurrent spontaneous abortions. Since 2005, his research has been focused on the presence and characteristics of stem cells in the human reproductive tract and he has published several papers on this topic in peer-reviewed journals. Currently he is a scientific consultant in the Dr Shterev Reproductive Health Centre in Bulgaria.

PII: S1472-6483(09)00288-0

doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.12.011

Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 305-313 , March 2010

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