Embryo implantation involves the intimate interaction between an implantation-competent
blastocyst and a receptive uterus, which occurs in a limited time period known as the …

Myostatin is an extracellular cytokine mostly expressed in skeletal muscles and known to
play a crucial role in the negative regulation of muscle mass. Upon the binding to activin …

Heat shock cognate protein 70 (HSC70) is a constitutively expressed molecular chaperone
which belongs to the heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) family. HSC70 shares some of the …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression,
have fundamental roles in biological processes, including cell differentiation and …

Progesterone and progesterone receptors (PRs) are essential for the development and
cyclical regulation of hormone-responsive tissues including the breast and reproductive …

Myostatin is a transforming growth factor β superfamily member and is known as an inhibitor
of skeletal muscle cell proliferation and differentiation. Exposure to myostatin induces G 1 …

Background Platelets contain several growth factors, including platelet-derived growth factor
and hepatocyte growth factor. Materials and methods We examined the effects of platelet …

The ovarian steroid progesterone, acting through the progesterone receptor (PR),
coordinates endometrial epithelial-stromal cell communication, which is critical for its …

Progesterone is required for the establishment and maintenance of mammalian pregnancy
and widely used for conservative treatment of luteal phase deficiency in clinics. However …

Estradiol-17β (E2) causes cell proliferation in the uterine epithelium of mice and humans by
signaling through its transcription factor receptor α (ERα). In this work we show that this …