SMAD signaling is required for structural integrity of the female reproductive tract and uterine function during early pregnancy in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Rodriguez, Amanda ^a   Tripurani, Swamy K ^a   Burton, Jason C ^a   Clementi, Caterina ^a   Larina, Irina ^a   Pangas, Stephanie A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Mouse models; Ovary; Oviduct; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SMAD PROTEIN; ALPHA ACTININ 2; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CYCLIN E; CYTOKERATIN 8; DESMIN; DICER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; LEFT RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTOR; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; MYOCARDIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMOOTHELIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSGELIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOMETRIUM; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STROMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS FUNCTION; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; EMBRYO DEATH; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE STERILITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; OVARY DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT; ABNORMALITIES; ANIMAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GENE LOCUS; GRANULOSA CELL; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OVIDUCTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; UTERUS;

EID: 84988584528     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.116.139477     Document Type: Article

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