title: Basement membrane ultrastructure and component localization data from uterine tissues during early mouse pregnancy.
abstract: Basement membranes (BMs) are specialized extracellular scaffolds that provide architecture and modulate cell behaviors in tissues, such as fat, muscle, endothelium, endometrium, and decidua. Properties of BMs are maintained in homeostasis for most adult tissues. However, BM ultrastructure, composition, and localization are rapidly altered in select uterine tissues that are reprogrammed during pregnancy to enable early maternal-embryo interactions. Here, our data exhibit both static and dynamic BMs that were tracked in mouse uterine tissues during pre-, peri-, and postimplantation periods of pregnancy. The data exhibit spatial-temporal patterns of BM property regulation that coincide with the progression of adapted physiology. Further interpretation and discussion of these data in this article are described in the associated research article titled, "Embryo implantation triggers dynamic spatiotemporal expression of the basement membrane toolkit during uterine reprogramming" (C.R. Jones-Paris, S. Paria, T. Berg, J. Saus, G. Bhave, B.C. Paria, B.G. Hudson, 2016) [1].
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Aspirnaut, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
authors.forename: Celestial R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jones-Paris
authors.affiliation: Aspirnaut, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
authors.forename: Sayan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paria
authors.affiliation: Aspirnaut, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
authors.forename: Taloa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.affiliation: Valencia University Medical School, Valencia, Spain; FibroStatin, SL, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saus
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Center for Matrix Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
authors.forename: Gautam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhave
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
authors.forename: Bibhash C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Paria
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Valencia University Medical School, Valencia, Spain; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Center for Matrix Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
authors.forename: Billy G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Hudson
keywords: Basement membrane