2017
Embryo implantation evolved from an ancestral inflammatory attachment reaction
Griffith OW, Chavan AR, Protopapas S, Maziarz J, Romero R, Wagner GP. Embryo implantation evolved from an ancestral inflammatory attachment reaction. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: e6566-e6575. PMID: 28747528, PMCID: PMC5559003, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701129114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiological EvolutionEmbryo ImplantationEmbryo, MammalianFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHeparin-binding EGF-like Growth FactorHumansMiceMonodelphisMucin-1PregnancyConceptsTerm pregnancyMaterno-fetal interfaceEGF-like growth factorInflammatory responseImmune responseEmbryo implantationPregnancyGrowth factorMucin 1Molecular changesImplantationKey markersMiceParturitionExhibit expressionMorphological changesHumansOpossumEutherian mammalsUterusImmunohistochemistryTranscriptomic analysisPlacentaImplantation reactionLocalization profiles
2016
The Transcriptomic Evolution of Mammalian Pregnancy: Gene Expression Innovations in Endometrial Stromal Fibroblasts
Kin K, Maziarz J, Chavan AR, Kamat M, Vasudevan S, Birt A, Emera D, Lynch VJ, Ott TL, Pavlicev M, Wagner GP. The Transcriptomic Evolution of Mammalian Pregnancy: Gene Expression Innovations in Endometrial Stromal Fibroblasts. Genome Biology And Evolution 2016, 8: 2459-2473. PMID: 27401177, PMCID: PMC5010902, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCattleEndometriumEpithelial CellsEvolution, MolecularFemaleFibroblastsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMinkPregnancyRabbitsRatsSignal TransductionStromal CellsTranscriptomeConceptsEndometrial stromal fibroblastsGene expression changesTherian speciesEutherian lineagesTranscriptome compositionBovine lineageStem lineageNatural selectionStromal fibroblastsTherian mammalsEutherian mammalsKey genesLoss of expressionTranscriptomic evolutionGene expressionExpression changesLatter cell typeGenesLineagesCell typesCell type presentMammalsMammalian pregnancyExpressionTissue invasion