[HTML][HTML] Maintenance of the ruminant corpus luteum during pregnancy: interferon-tau and beyond

MC Wiltbank, PLJ Monteiro, RR Domingues… - animal, 2023 - Elsevier
This manuscript reviews the mechanisms that maintain the corpus luteum (CL) of pregnancy
in ruminants. In mammals, ovulation and luteinization of the remaining cells in the CL are …

History, insights, and future perspectives on studies into luteal function in cattle

CV Bishop, V Selvaraj, DH Townson… - Journal of animal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The corpus luteum (CL) forms following ovulation from the remnant of the Graafian follicle.
This transient tissue produces critical hormones to maintain pregnancy, including the steroid …

Is pregnancy loss initiated by embryonic death or luteal regression? Profiles of pregnancy-associated glycoproteins during elevated progesterone and pregnancy loss

RR Domingues, JPN Andrade, TO Cunha… - JDS communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Because progesterone (P4) is essential for pregnancy establishment and maintenance, we
investigated the effect of increased concentrations of P4 on embryonic attachment and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of progesterone from corpus luteum, intravaginal implant, or both on luteinizing hormone release, ovulatory response, and subsequent luteal …

LO e Silva, NP Folchini, RLOR Alves, G Madureira… - Journal of Dairy …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to determine the effect of circulating progesterone (P4) concentrations
produced by a corpus luteum (CL) or released by an intravaginal P4 implant (IPI) on GnRH …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of circadian system disruption on the concentration and daily oscillations of cortisol, progesterone, melatonin, serotonin, growth hormone, and core body …

A Suarez-Trujillo, N Hoang, L Robinson… - Journal of Dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metabolic, circadian, sleep, and reproductive systems are integrated and reciprocally
regulated, but the understanding of the mechanism is limited. To study this integrated …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological mechanisms involved in maintaining the corpus luteum during the first two months of pregnancy

MC Wiltbank, MA Mezera, MZ Toledo… - Animal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Maintenance of the corpus luteum (CL) during pregnancy is essential for continuing the
elevated circulating progesterone (P4) that is required to maintain pregnancy. The …

Profiles of interferon-stimulated genes in multiple tissues and circulating pregnancy-associated glycoproteins and their association with pregnancy loss in dairy cows

RR Domingues, JPN Andrade, TO Cunha… - Biology of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Pregnancy loss (PL) in lactating dairy cows disrupts reproductive and productive efficiency.
We evaluated the expression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISG) in blood leukocytes …

Endometrial and luteal responses to a prostaglandin F2alpha pulse: a comparison between heifers and mares

RR Domingues, OJ Ginther… - Biology of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In heifers and mares, multiple pulses of prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF) are generally
associated with complete luteal regression. Although PGF pulses occur before and during …

Kisspeptin induces ovulation in heifers under low plasma progesterone concentrations

CEP Leonardi, FCF Dias, GP Adams, ER Araujo… - Theriogenology, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study was to compare the effect of a single versus multiple
doses of a 10-amino acid fragment of human (hKp) or murine (mKp) kisspeptin on LH …

Color-Doppler signals of blood flow in the corpus luteum and vascular perfusion index for ovarian and uterine arteries during expansion of the allantochorion in Bos …

FLV Pinaffi, ER Araujo, LA Silva, OJ Ginther - Theriogenology, 2017 - Elsevier
Hemodynamics of the CL and each main uterine artery during expansion of the
allantochorion from the ipsilateral side (CL side) to the contralateral side were studied in …