Sex hormone regulation of innate immunity in the female reproductive tract: the role of epithelial cells in balancing reproductive potential with protection against …

CR Wira, JV Fahey, M Ghosh, MV Patel… - American journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Citation Wira CR, Fahey JV, Ghosh M, Patel MV, Hickey DK, Ochiel DO. Sex hormone
regulation of innate immunity in the female reproductive tract: the role of epithelial cells in …

Uterine epithelial estrogen receptor α is dispensable for proliferation but essential for complete biological and biochemical responses

W Winuthayanon, SC Hewitt, GD Orvis… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Female fertility requires estrogen to specifically stimulate estrogen receptor α (ERα)-
dependent growth of the uterine epithelium in adult mice, while immature females show …

Progesterone resistance in a baboon model of endometriosis

AT Fazleabas - Seminars in reproductive medicine, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
The development of a baboon model of induced endometriosis, which recapitulates the
retrograde menstruation hypothesis, has greatly facilitated our understanding of the early …

[PDF][PDF] Dietary omega-3 and-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids affect the composition and development of sheep granulosa cells, oocytes and embryos

KE Wonnacott, WY Kwong, J Hughes, AM Salter… - …, 2010 - researchgate.net
The evidence that omega-3 (n-3) and-6 (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have
differential effects on ovarian function, oocytes and embryo quality is inconsistent. We report …

[PDF][PDF] Gender-dependent effect of Gpbar1 genetic deletion on the metabolic profiles of diet-induced obese mice

G Vassileva, W Hu, L Hoos, G Tetzloff… - Journal of …, 2010 - researchgate.net
G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1 (GPBAR1/TGR5/M-Bar/GPR131) is a cell surface
receptor involved in the regulation of bile acid metabolism. We have previously shown that …

Cell-autonomous activation of the PI3-kinase pathway initiates endometrial cancer from adult uterine epithelium

S Memarzadeh, Y Zong, DM Janzen… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Epithelial-specific activation of the PI3-kinase pathway is the most common genetic
alteration in type I endometrial cancer. In the majority of these tumors, PTEN expression is …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstruction of endometrium in vitro via rabbit uterine endometrial cells expanded by sex steroid

HB Wang, SH Lü, QX Lin, LX Feng, DX Li, CM Duan… - Fertility and sterility, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To culture rabbit endometrial cells by using sex steroids to provide adequate
seeding cells for endometrium reconstruction and uterine tissue engineering. DESIGN …

[HTML][HTML] Future directions in the field of endometrial cancer research: the need to investigate the tumor microenvironment

A Felix, J Weissfeld, R Edwards… - European journal of …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Endometrial cancer is the most commonly diagnosed gynecologic malignancy in the United
States. In 2008, approximately 40,000 cases were newly diagnosed. Although the majority of …

The endometrial response to chorionic gonadotropin is blunted in a baboon model of endometriosis

JRA Sherwin, JM Hastings, KS Jackson… - …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Endometriosis-associated infertility has a multifactorial etiology. We tested the hypothesis
that the endometrial response to the early embryonic signal, human chorionic gonadotropin …

Disruption of the murine dynein light chain gene Tcte3-3 results in asthenozoospermia

S Rashid, P Grzmil, JD Drenckhahn… - …, 2010 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Cell-to-cell contact mediated by cell adhesion is fundamental to the compaction process that
ensures blastocyst quality during embryonic development. In this study, we first showed that …