Proline plays important roles in protein synthesis and structure, metabolism (particularly the
synthesis of arginine, polyamines, and glutamate via pyrroline-5-carboxylate), and nutrition, …

Uterine receptivity to implantation of blastocysts in mammals includes hatching from zona
pellucida, precontact with uterine luminal (LE) and superficial glandular (sGE) epithelia and …

… -R and GH-R, and IFNτ acting through the Type I IFN receptor that regulate proliferation and
differentiated functions of uterine endometrium throughout gestation. Strategic manipulation …

Characterized primarily by a low body-mass index, anorexia nervosa is a complex and
serious illness 1 , affecting 0.9–4% of women and 0.3% of men 2 , 3 – 4 , with twin-based …

HOTAIR is a long intervening non-coding RNA (lincRNA) that associates with the Polycomb
Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) and overexpression is correlated with poor survival for breast…

The production of cloned animals is, at present, an inefficient process. This study focused
on the fetal losses that occur between Days 30–90 of gestation. Fetal and placental …

Implantation in all mammals involves shedding of the zona pellucida, followed by orientation,
apposition, attachment and adhesion of the blastocyst to the endometrium. Endometrial …

Uterine receptivity to implantation varies among species, and involves changes in expression
of genes that are coordinate with attachment of trophectoderm to uterine lumenal and …

… Adhesion of conceptus trophectoderm to the LE is temporally regulated by nonadhesive and
adhesive factors on the apical surface of the endometrial LE (Burghardt et al., 1997, in press…

The present review highlights new information on pregnancy recognition and conceptus
development and implantation in sheep with respect to regulation by progesterone, interferons …