Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology Tgf-beta Expression during Rat Pregnancy and Activity on Decidual Cell Survival
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology Tgf-beta Expression during Rat Pregnancy and Activity on Decidual Cell Survival
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2005
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Carl Shooner;Pierre-Luc Caron;Guylaine Fréchette-Frigon;Valérie Leblanc;Marie-Claude Déry;E. Asselin
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Carl Shooner;Pierre-Luc Caron;Guylaine Fréchette-Frigon;Valérie Leblanc;Marie-Claude Déry;E. Asselin
Background: During early rat pregnancy, trophoblast of the tiny embryo joins with the endometrium and epithelial cells undergo apoptosis. Near the end of pregnancy, regression of the decidua basalis (DB) is also observed (from day 14 to 20). However, little is known about the intra-cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in apoptosis regulation in the uterus during pregnancy. The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence and the developmental expression of transforming growth factor-beta isoforms (TGF-beta well known differentiation factor) in the rat endometrium throughout pregnancy and its action in vitro using cultured endometrial stromal cells.