decidualization

id: GO:0046697
name: decidualization
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The cellular and vascular changes occurring in the endometrium of the pregnant uterus just after the onset of blastocyst implantation. This process involves the proliferation and differentiation of the fibroblast-like endometrial stromal cells into large, polyploid decidual cells that eventually form the maternal component of the placenta.

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