Assessment of Embryo-Induced Transcriptomic Changes in Hamster Uterus Using RNA-Seq
Author(s) -
Mingyu Huang,
Wenqian Zhang,
Miao Zhao,
Can Zhu,
JiaPeng He,
Jilong Liu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000489371
Subject(s) - transcriptome , rna seq , hamster , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology , uterus , biology , andrology , rna , computational biology , gene expression , medicine , endocrinology , genetics , gene
The mouse is widely used as an animal model for studying human embryo implantation. However, the mouse is unique in that both ovarian progesterone and estrogen are critical to implantation, whereas in the majority of species (e.g. human and hamster) implantation can occur in the presence of progesterone alone.
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