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SUBMITTER: Pfeiffer CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523696 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pfeiffer Caroline A CA Meyer Ashley E AE Brooks Kelsey E KE Chen Paula R PR Milano-Foster Jessica J Spate Lee D LD Benne Joshua A JA Cecil Raissa F RF Samuel Melissa S MS Ciernia Lauren A LA Spinka Christine M CM Smith Michael F MF Wells Kevin D KD Spencer Thomas E TE Prather Randall S RS Geisert Rodney D RD
Biology of reproduction 20200201 2
Pig conceptuses secrete estrogens (E2), interleukin 1 beta 2 (IL1B2), and prostaglandins (PGs) during the period of rapid trophoblast elongation and establishment of pregnancy. Previous studies established that IL1B2 is essential for rapid conceptus elongation, whereas E2 is not essential for conceptus elongation or early maintenance of the corpora lutea. The objective of the present study was to determine if conceptus expression of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2) and release of PG ...[more]