Implantation and the survival of early pregnancy

ER Norwitz, DJ Schust, SJ Fisher - New England Journal of …, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
The implantation of fertilized ova and the formation of the placenta are crucial steps in
reproduction. This review summarizes current information about these steps, including some …

Molecular cues to implantation

SK Dey, H Lim, SK Das, J Reese, BC Paria… - Endocrine …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Successful implantation is the result of reciprocal interactions between the implantation-
competent blastocyst and receptive uterus. Although various cellular aspects and molecular …

Embryo implantation

DD Carson, I Bagchi, SK Dey, AC Enders… - Developmental …, 2000 - Elsevier
A lesson learned from modern developmental biology is the striking degree of conservation
of strategies and molecules used to program developmental events in species as diverse as …

Conceptus signals for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy

TE Spencer, FW Bazer - Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2004 - Springer
Establishment and maintenance of pregnancy results from signaling by the conceptus
(embryo/fetus and associated extraembryonic membranes) and requires progesterone …

Interferon signalling network in innate defence

A Takaoka, H Yanai - Cellular microbiology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Interferons (IFNs) elicit multifaceted effects in host innate defence. Accumulating evidence
revealed that not only the first identified Jak‐Stat pathway but also other newly found …

[PDF][PDF] Biology of progesterone action during pregnancy recognition and maintenance of pregnancy

TE Spencer, FW Bazer - Front Biosci, 2002 - article.imrpress.com
[Frontiers in Bioscience 7, d1879-1898, September 1, 2002] 1879 BIOLOGY OF
PROGESTERONE ACTION DURING PREGNANCY RECOGNITION AND Page 1 [Frontiers in …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of the placenta

RM Roberts, JA Green, LC Schulz - Reproduction (Cambridge …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The still apt definition of a placenta is that coined by Mossman, namely apposition or fusion
of the fetal membranes to the uterine mucosa for physiological exchange. As such it is a …

Progesterone and placental hormone actions on the uterus: insights from domestic animals

TE Spencer, GA Johnson, RC Burghardt… - Biology of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Progesterone is unequivocally required for maternal support of conceptus (embryo/fetus and
associated extraembryonic membranes) survival and development. In cyclic sheep …

Pregnancy recognition and conceptus implantation in domestic ruminants: roles of progesterone, interferons and endogenous retroviruses

TE Spencer, GA Johnson, FW Bazer… - Reproduction, fertility …, 2006 - CSIRO Publishing
The present review highlights new information on pregnancy recognition and conceptus
development and implantation in sheep with respect to regulation by progesterone …

Paracrine and endocrine actions of interferon tau (IFNT)

TR Hansen, LDP Sinedino, TE Spencer - Reproduction, 2017 - rep.bioscientifica.com
This review focuses on the paracrine and endocrine actions of interferon tau (IFNT) during
pregnancy recognition and establishment in ruminants. Pregnancy recognition involves the …