BookRodney D. Geisert, Fuller W. Bazer, editors.
Summary: Over the past few decades technological advances in transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and glycomics, along with the ability to selectively knockout genes of interest, have greatly advanced our understanding of the maternal-conceptus interactions that are essential for the establishment and maintenance of a successful pregnancy. This knowledge provides the basis for new research endeavors to address infertility, embryonic loss and recurrent abortion in humans, captive wild animals and important farm species. This book brings together current reviews from leading experts to address the diversity of mechanisms by which species establish and maintain pregnancy. Implantation in rodents, dogs, pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, primates, humans and embryonic diapause in wild species are discussed. The reviews provide readers with the latest knowledge on the role of the endometrial steroid receptors, adhesion factors, cytokines, interferons, steroids, prostaglandins, growth factors and immune cells involved in the regulation of conceptus development. .
Contents:
Introduction -Rodney Geisert
History of Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy
Fuller W. Bazer
The Role of Steroids Hormone Receptors in the Establishment of Pregnancy in Rodents
Nyssa R. Adams and Francesco J. DeMayo
Transmembrane Mucin Expression and Function in Embryo Implantation and Placentation
Pamela E. Constantinou, Micaela Morgado and Daniel D. Carson
Reflections on Rodent Implantation
Jeeyeon M. Cha and Sudhansu K. Dey
The Role of Progesterone in Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in Domestic Ruminants
Pat Lonergan and Niamh Forde
Implantation and Establishment of Pregnancy in Ruminants
Thomas E. Spencer and Thomas R. Hansen
Implantation and Establishment of Pregnancy in the Pig
Rodney D. Geisert, Gregory A. Johnson and Robert C. Burghardt
Pregnancy Recognition and Implantation of the Conceptus in the Mare
Claudia Klein
Implantation and Establishment of Pregnancy in Human and Non-Human Primates
Ren-Wei Su and Asgerally T. Fazleabas
The Dog: Nonconformist, Not Only In Maternal Recognition Signaling
Mariusz P. Kowalewski, Aykut Gram, Ewa Kautz, Felix Graubner
Embryonic Diapause and Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in Diapausing Mammals
Marilyn B. Renfree
Predicting Embryo Presence and Viability
Ky G. Pohler, Jonathon A. Green, Thomas W. Geary, R.F.G. Peres, M.H.C. Pereira, J.L.M. Vasconcelos and M.F. Smith
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