The incompletely fulfilled promise of embryo transfer in cattle—why aren't pregnancy rates greater and what can we do about it?

PJ Hansen - Journal of Animal Science, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Typically, bovine embryos are transferred into recipient females about day 7 after estrus or
anticipated ovulation, when the embryo has reached the blastocyst stage of development …

The regulators of human endometrial stromal cell decidualization

H Murata, S Tanaka, H Okada - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Several factors are important for implantation and subsequent placentation in the
endometrium, including immunity, angiogenesis, extracellular matrix, glucose metabolism …

Prospecting major genes in dairy buffaloes

GMF De Camargo, RR Aspilcueta-Borquis, MRS Fortes… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Asian buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) have an important socio-economic
role. The majority of the population is situated in developing countries. Due to the scarce …

Uncovering adaptation from sequence data: lessons from genome resequencing of four cattle breeds

S Boitard, M Boussaha, A Capitan, D Rocha… - Genetics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Detecting the molecular basis of adaptation is one of the major questions in population
genetics. With the advance in sequencing technologies, nearly complete interrogation of …

Secretory proteomic responses of endometrial epithelial cells to trophoblast-derived extracellular vesicles

S Muhandiram, K Dissanayake, T Orro… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Synchronized crosstalk between the embryo and endometrium during the periconception
period is integral to pregnancy establishment. Increasing evidence suggests that the …

Genome‐wide association study and annotating candidate gene networks affecting age at first calving in Nellore cattle

RR Mota, SEF Guimarães, MRS Fortes… - Journal of Animal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We performed a genome‐wide mapping for the age at first calving (AFC) with the goal of
annotating candidate genes that regulate fertility in Nellore cattle. Phenotypic data from 762 …

Potential of water buffalo in world agriculture: challenges and opportunities

HA El Debaky, NA Kutchy, A Ul-Husna… - Applied Animal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this review was to provide a summary of the current agriculture
determinants of economically important traits, and solutions for challenges in water buffalo …

Local action of cytokines and immune cells in communication between the conceptus and uterus during the critical period of early embryo development, attachment …

G Campanile, PS Baruselli, A Limone, JD Michael - Theriogenology, 2021 - Elsevier
Early embryo development, implantation and pregnancy involve a complex dialogue
between the embryo and mother. In cattle this dialogue starts as early as days 3–4 when the …

The receptive endometrial transcriptomic signature indicates an earlier shift from proliferation to metabolism at early diestrus in the cow

FS Mesquita, RS Ramos, G Pugliesi… - Biology of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This study aimed to characterize the endometrial transcriptome and functional pathways
overrepresented in the endometrium of cows treated to ovulate larger (≥ 13 mm) versus …

Progesterone-dependent and progesterone-independent modulation of luminal epithelial transcription to support pregnancy in cattle

T Martins, M Sponchiado, FACC Silva… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
In cattle, starting 4–5 days after estrus, preimplantation embryonic development occurs in
the confinement of the uterine lumen. Cells in the endometrial epithelial layer control the …