title: Embryo-maternal communication: signalling before and during placentation in cattle and pig.
abstract: Communication during early pregnancy is essential for successful reproduction. In this review we address the beginning of the communication between mother and developing embryo; including morphological and transcriptional changes in the endometrium as well as epigenetic regulation mechanisms directing the placentation. An increasing knowledge of the embryo-maternal communication might not only help to improve the fertility of our farm animals but also our understanding of human health and reproduction.
authors: Section of Biomaterials, University of Oslo, PO Box 1109, Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway. esostrup@gmail.com
authors: Esben
authors: E
authors: Ostrup
authors: Poul
authors: P
authors: Hyttel
authors: Olga
authors: O
authors: Ostrup
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000502:physiology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000502:physiology; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange / Q000502:physiology*; D010929:Placentation / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology*