The unique immunological and microbial aspects of pregnancy

G Mor, P Aldo, AB Alvero - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
The comparison of the immunological state of pregnancy to an immunosuppressed host–
graft model continues to lead research and clinical practice to ill-defined approaches. This …

Physiologic events of embryo implantation and decidualization in human and non-human primates

MA Ochoa-Bernal, AT Fazleabas - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Reproduction is a fundamental process for the preservation of the human species. This
process requires a sequence of orchestrated events that are necessary for a successful …

Vascular biology of the placenta

H Weiler - Endothelial Cells in Health and Disease, 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
The placenta is a gender-specific transitory organ with the sole purpose of enabling the
growth and development of the fetus. It mediates the efficient transfer and exchange of …

MicroRNAs: crucial regulators of placental development

H Hayder, J O'Brien, U Nadeem, C Peng - Reproduction, 2018 - rep.bioscientifica.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding single-stranded RNAs that are integral to a wide
range of cellular processes mainly through the regulation of translation and mRNA stability …

MicroRNAs in the regulation of endometrial receptivity for embryo implantation

M Shekibi, S Heng, G Nie - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Development of endometrial receptivity is crucial for successful embryo implantation and
pregnancy initiation. Understanding the molecular regulation underpinning endometrial …

Roles of microRNAs in mammalian reproduction: from the commitment of germ cells to peri‐implantation embryos

AMMT Reza, YJ Choi, SG Han, H Song… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are active regulators of numerous biological and physiological
processes including most of the events of mammalian reproduction. Understanding the …

MicroRNA signaling in embryo development

N Gross, J Kropp, H Khatib - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
Expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) is essential for embryonic development and serves
important roles in gametogenesis. miRNAs are secreted into the extracellular environment …

The human periconceptional maternal-embryonic space in health and disease

I Moreno, A Capalbo, A Mas… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Pregnancy is established during the periconceptional period as a continuum beginning with
blastocyst attachment to the endometrial epithelial surface followed by embryo invasion and …

The importance of ncRNAs as epigenetic mechanisms in phenotypic variation and organic evolution

D Frías-Lasserre, CA Villagra - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Neo-Darwinian explanations of organic evolution have settled on mutation as the principal
factor in producing evolutionary novelty. Mechanistic characterizations have been also …

Immune tolerance of embryo implantation and pregnancy: the role of human decidual stromal cell-and embryonic-derived extracellular vesicles

HM Wu, LH Chen, LT Hsu, CH Lai - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Embryo–endometrial communication plays a critical role in embryo implantation and the
establishment of a successful pregnancy. Successful pregnancy outcomes involve maternal …