The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response
Erkenbrack EM, Maziarz JD, Griffith OW, Liang C, Chavan AR, Nnamani MC, Wagner GP. The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response. PLOS Biology 2018, 16: e2005594. PMID: 30142145, PMCID: PMC6108454, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular stress responseNovel cell typesStress responseEndometrial stromal fibroblastsCell typesCell type diversityDecidual stromal cellsCore regulatory genesOxidative stress responseDecidual cell typesEvolutionary noveltyPrecursor cell typesEffector genesRegulatory genesEutherian mammalsTranscription factorsOpossum Monodelphis domesticaOrganismal structureType diversityMolecular mechanismsAnimal speciesMonodelphis domesticaGenesStromal cellsSpecies