2019
Adult bone marrow progenitors become decidual cells and contribute to embryo implantation and pregnancy
Tal R, Shaikh S, Pallavi P, Tal A, López-Giráldez F, Lyu F, Fang YY, Chinchanikar S, Liu Y, Kliman HJ, Alderman M, Pluchino N, Kayani J, Mamillapalli R, Krause DS, Taylor HS. Adult bone marrow progenitors become decidual cells and contribute to embryo implantation and pregnancy. PLOS Biology 2019, 17: e3000421. PMID: 31513564, PMCID: PMC6742226, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBM transplantsDecidual cellsPregnancy lossMesenchymal stem cellsAdult bone marrow progenitorsDecidualization-related genesBone marrow progenitorsAdult bone marrowWT donorsPhysiologic contributionSuccessful pregnancyBMDC recruitmentStromal expansionImmune cellsEndometrial cellsDeficient miceUterine expressionUterine tissueDecidual stromaPregnancyBone marrowNonhematopoietic cellsBMDCsHemochorial placentaMarrow progenitors
2017
Bisphenol-A exposure in utero programs a sexually dimorphic estrogenic state of hepatic metabolic gene expression
Ilagan Y, Mamillapalli R, Goetz L, Kayani J, Taylor HS. Bisphenol-A exposure in utero programs a sexually dimorphic estrogenic state of hepatic metabolic gene expression. Reproductive Toxicology 2017, 71: 84-94. PMID: 28476547, DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2017.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBPA exposureGene expressionAdult gene expressionFetal BPA exposureBisphenol A (BPA) exposureMetabolic gene expressionEstrogen receptor alphaExpression of genesBeta gene expressionEstrogenic stateEstrogen treatmentPregnant miceMetabolic disordersE2 stimulationReceptor alphaFetal developmentLipid metabolismDay 9Developmental programmingSexual dimorphismFemale offspringLiverObesityGenesAdult responses