The omniscient placenta: metabolic and epigenetic regulation of fetal programming

BM Nugent, TL Bale - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2015 - Elsevier
Fetal development could be considered a sensitive period wherein exogenous insults and
changes to the maternal milieu can have long-term impacts on developmental programming …

Roles of microRNAs in mammalian reproduction: from the commitment of germ cells to peri‐implantation embryos

AMMT Reza, YJ Choi, SG Han, H Song… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are active regulators of numerous biological and physiological
processes including most of the events of mammalian reproduction. Understanding the …

Embryo‐maternal dialogue during pregnancy establishment and implantation in the pig

A Waclawik, MM Kaczmarek, A Blitek… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Porcine conceptuses secrete pregnancy‐recognition signals (estrogens, including estradiol‐
17β) that inhibit luteolysis, thereby prolonging progesterone production by corpora lutea …

Circulating miRNA signatures of early pregnancy in cattle

J Ioannidis, FX Donadeu - BMC genomics, 2016 - Springer
Background Low fertility remains a leading cause of poor productivity in dairy cattle. In this
context, there is significant interest in developing novel tools for accurate early diagnosis of …

MicroRNAs, immune cells and pregnancy

M Bidarimath, K Khalaj, JM Wessels… - Cellular & molecular …, 2014 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a recently discovered class of non-coding RNAs that are
expressed in many cell types, where they regulate the expression of complementary RNAs …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA-22-3p is down-regulated in the plasma of Han Chinese patients with premature ovarian failure

Y Dang, S Zhao, Y Qin, T Han, W Li, ZJ Chen - Fertility and sterility, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To determine whether plasma microRNAs (miRNAs) are differentially expressed
between women with and without premature ovarian failure (POF), and to uncover the …

Pregnancy and spontaneous fetal loss: A pig perspective

M Bidarimath, C Tayade - Molecular reproduction and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Pigs have a unique, non‐invasive epitheliochorial placenta where maternal and fetal layers
lay in apposition. Indentation of fetal capillaries into the trophoblasts and maternal …

Altered circulating miRNA expression profile in pregestational and gestational obesity

G Carreras-Badosa, A Bonmatí… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Context: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are valuable circulating biomarkers and therapeutic targets
for metabolic diseases. Objective: The objective of the study was to define the pattern of …

miRNAs in the peri-implantation period: contribution to embryo–maternal communication in pigs

MM Kaczmarek, J Najmula, MM Guzewska… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) constitute a large family of noncoding RNAs, approximately 22
nucleotides long, which function as guide molecules in RNA silencing. Targeting most …

Expression patterns of microRNAs in porcine endometrium and their potential roles in embryo implantation and placentation

L Su, R Liu, W Cheng, M Zhu, X Li, S Zhao, M Yu - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Implantation and placentation are critical steps for successful pregnancy. The pig has a non-
invasive placenta and the uterine luminal epithelium is intact throughout pregnancy. To …