The placenta is a transient fetal organ that plays a critical role in the health and wellbeing of
both the fetus and its mother. Functionally, the placenta sustains the growth of the fetus as it …

Establishment and maintenance of pregnancy results from signaling by the conceptus
(embryo/fetus and associated extraembryonic membranes) and requires progesterone …

Hofbauer cells (HBCs) are a population of macrophages found in high abundance within the
stroma of the first-trimester human placenta. HBCs are the only fetal immune cell population …

Following its predecessor, the second edition of Amino Acids: Biochemistry and Nutrition
presents exhaustive coverage of amino acids in the nutrition, metabolism and health of …

OBJECTIVE: To study whether an injury-induced inflammation might be the mechanism
underlying the favorable effect of endometrial biopsy on the implantation rate in in vitro …

The litter-bearing pig is an invaluable model for research in reproductive biology. Spherical
pig blastocysts on Day 10 of pregnancy undergo rapid morphological changes to tubular …

Successful implantation is an absolute requirement for the reproduction of species, including
humans. The process by which a foreign blastocyst is accepted by the maternal …

REPRODUCTION Page 1 REPRODUCTION REVIEW Comparative aspects of implantation
Fuller W Bazer1, Thomas E Spencer1, Greg A Johnson2, Robert C Burghardt2 and Guoyao Wu1 …

Human embryo implantation is an intricate spatiotemporal process that involves the intimate
association between the embryo and the endometrium of the mother. During implantation …

Approximately half of all human embryo implantations result in failed pregnancy. Multiple
factors may contribute to this failure, including genetic or metabolic abnormalities of the …