Diverse Roles of Prostaglandins in Blastocyst Implantation by Naguib Salleh

“…Prostaglandins (PGs), derivatives of arachidonic acid, play an indispensable role in embryo implantation. PGs have been reported to participate in the increase in vascular permeability, stromal decidualization, blastocyst growth and development, leukocyte recruitment, embryo transport, trophoblast invasion, and extracellular matrix remodeling during implantation. …”
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Digital Three-Dimensional Atlas of Quail Development Using High-Resolution MRI by Seth W. Ruffins, Melanie Martin, Lindsey Keough, Salina Truong, Scott E. Fraser, Russell E. Jacobs, Rusty Lansford

“…We present an archetypal set of three-dimensional digital atlases of the quail embryo based on microscopic magnetic resonance imaging (μMRI). …”
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Triplet Delivery following Unilateral Twin Salpingocyesis by Johnson O. Komolafe, Rasaq A. Akindele, Adeniyi O. Fasanu, Callistus A. Akinleye, Taiwo O. Akinbile, Monisayo O. Komolafe, Muyiwa O. Oguntunde

“…The patient had repeat embryo transfer eleven months afterwards that culminated in the delivery of living twins with a fetal papyraceous.…”
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miR-134-3p Regulates Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis by Targeting INHBA via Inhibiting the TGF-β/PI3K/AKT Pathway in Sheep Granulosa Cells by Xinai Huang, Yongjin Bao, Fan Yang, Xiaodan Li, Feng Wang, Chunxiang Zhang

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Methylene blue at recommended concentrations alters metabolism in early zebrafish development by Niepukolie Nipu, Lai Wei, Lauren Hamilton, Hyojin Lee, Jith Thomas, Jan A. Mennigen

“…Most guidelines recommend 0.00005% or 0.0001% of MB for embryo/larval rearing. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development zebrafish embryo toxicity test guideline omits MB recommendations, leading to inconsistent MB use in zebrafish research. …”
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Genome-Wide Scans for Selection Signatures in Haimen Goats Reveal Candidate Genes Associated with Growth Traits by Zhen Zhang, Jiafeng Lu, Yifei Wang, Zhipeng Liu, Dongxu Li, Kaiping Deng, Guomin Zhang, Bingru Zhao, Peihua You, Yixuan Fan, Feng Wang, Ziyu Wang

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Functional and developmental convergence in the reproductive “nurse cells” of flowering plants by Doll, Nicolas Max, Truskina, Jekaterina, Ingram, Gwyneth

“…The successful sexual reproduction of flowering plants depends upon double fertilisation, during which pollen grains, produced within the male floral organ (the anther) deliver two sperm cells to the ovule, buried deep within the ovary, triggering the development of the embryo and the surrounding tissues of the seed. Although much attention has been given to pollen and embryo development, less has been focused on the supporting tissues surrounding these organisms as they develop, the tapetum and the endosperm. …”
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Heme Oxygenase-1: A Critical Link between Iron Metabolism, Erythropoiesis, and Development by Stuart T. Fraser, Robyn G. Midwinter, Birgit S. Berger, Roland Stocker

“…The first mature cells to arise in the developing mammalian embryo belong to the erythroid lineage. This highlights the immediacy of the need for red blood cells during embryogenesis and for survival. …”
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Comparative embryological study of some Jerusalem artichoke (<i>Helianthus tuberosus</i> L.) accessions with different seed-setting ability from the VIR collection by O. N. Voronova, A. A. Babro, A. V. Lyubchenko

“…A cytomorphological analysis of pollen grains and examination of anther walls and ovules with embryo sacs showed that from 51 to 95 % of the pollen grains and from 23.1 % to 66.6 % of the embryo sacs were formed normally. …”
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Pregnancy Outcomes of Infertile Patients Presenting to Our Assisted Reproductive Technology Center by Hasan Ali Inal, Zeynep Ozturk Inal

“…While a statistically significant difference was observed in fertilization rate (p<0.05), the following were comparable between the groups (p>0.05): number of retrieved and MII oocytes, two pronuclei, day of transfer, embryo transfer technique, single vs. multiple embryo transfer, rates of the Grade-I embryo, biochemical and clinical pregnancy, live birth, ectopic pregnancy, and miscarriage. …”
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Effect of Individualized Progesterone Supplementation for Luteal Support in Frozen-Thawed Cycles on Pregnancy Outcomes by Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Gizem Bektas, Esengul Turkyilmaz, Halime Goktepe, Meltem Sonmezer, Yavuz Emre Sukur, Batuhan Ozmen, Cem Atabekoglu, Murat Sonmezer

“… Objective: In frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles, preparing a synchronous endometrium for the embryo is essential. …”
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Semen quality and fertility effectiveness of cloned buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bulls by Manoj Kumar Singh, Smiriti Gupta, Kanika Gandhi, S.S. Lathwal, Naresh L. Selokar

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Lineage tracing studies suggest that the placenta is not a de novo source of hematopoietic stem cells. by Xiaowen Chen, Joanna Tober, Martin Dominguez, Alan T Tang, Jenna Bockman, Jisheng Yang, Sneha Mani, Chin Nien Lee, Mei Chen, Triloshan Thillaikumaran, Patricia Mericko-Ishizuka, Monica Mainigi, Nancy A Speck, Mark L Kahn

“…Definitive hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) arise from a small number of hemogenic endothelial cells (HECs) within the developing embryo. Understanding the origin and ontogeny of HSPCs is of considerable interest and potential therapeutic value. …”
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Comparative cytogenetics of anembryonic pregnancies and missed abortions in human by T. V. Nikitina, E. A. Sazhenova, E. N. Tolmacheva, N. N. Sukhanova, S. A. Vasilyev, I. N. Lebedev

“…The cases of embryonic death can be divided into missed abortion (MA), for which the ultrasound sign of the embryo death is the absence of cardiac activity, and anembryonic pregnancy (AP) without an embryo in the gestational sac. …”
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Case report: identification of novel variant in SLC26A2 gene and preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders in preventing diastrophic dysplasia by Ziravard N. Tonyan, Yulia A. Nasykhova, Maria M. Danilova, Elena S. Shabanova, Olesya N. Bespalova, Igor Y. Kogan, Andrey S. Glotov

“…The transfer of this embryo resulted in a successful pregnancy, resulting in the birth of a healthy child. …”
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Surface tension and modeling of cellular intercalation during zebrafish gastrulation by Colette Calmelet, Diane Sepich

“…In this paper we discuss a model of zebrafish embryo notochord development based on the effect of surface tension of cells at the boundaries. …”
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Cancer Is to Embryology as Mutation Is to Genetics: Hypothesis of the Cancer as Embryological Phenomenon by Jaime Cofre, Eliana Abdelhay

“…Embryologists have expressed timidly cancer embryological origin with little success in leveraging the discussion that cancer could involve a set of conventional cellular processes used to build the embryo during morphogenesis. Thus, this “cancer process” allows the harmonious and coherent construction of the embryo structural base, and its implementation as the embryonic process involves joint regulation of differentiation, proliferation, cell invasion, and migration, enabling the human being recreation of every generation. …”
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Cumulus cell expansion, nuclear maturation and embryonic development of bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes matured in varying concentrations of follicular fluid. by Verónica M Negrón-Pérez, Abdullah Al Naib, Abigail L Zezeski, Victoria L McCracken-Harlow, George A Perry, Alan D Ealy, Michelle L Rhoads

“…In this study, we tested the overall hypothesis that CC expansion and early embryo development would be improved by including follicular fluid (FF) from small or large follicles in the oocyte maturation medium. …”
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Optimal paraformaldehyde levels for disinfection of eggs used in vaccine production by Iasmin Papile dos Santos, Giancarlo Rieger, Rodrigo Garófallo Garcia, Jean Kaique Valentim, Fabiana Ribeiro Caldara, Ariane de Oliveira Troguilho, Sarah Sgavioli

“…On the 10th day of incubation, various parameters were measured, including egg mass loss, absolute and relative weights of the embryo and yolk sac, embryo length, embryonic mortality, and fertility. …”
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Prognostic value of miR-223 for pregnancy outcomes in patients with in vitro fertilisation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection by Qi Song, Jiajia Liu, Chen Li, Rongrong Liu, Nan Zhang, Hongzhi Shi

“…The baseline data, clinical indicators, and the expression level of miR-223 in the embryo medium were compared between the two groups. …”
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