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ArticleBiology of reproduction2008

Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) in the ovine uterus: regulation by interferon tau and progesterone.

Gwonhwa Song, M Carey Satterfield, Jinyoung Kim, Fuller W Bazer, Thomas E Spencer

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Article in Biology of reproduction, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Adaptive landscape and genetic divergence of Karnah sheep revealed by selection scans across multiple ovine breeds.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gwonhwa SongCenter for Animal Biotechnology and Genomics, Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
M Carey Satterfield
Jinyoung Kim
Fuller W Bazer
Thomas E Spencer
Texas A&M University · US

Funding

OVINE INTERFERON-TAU REGULATES UTERINE HORMONE RECEPTORR01HD032534 · NICHD · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI BAZER, FULLER W · 1996 to 2005
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NICHD NIH HHS 5 R01 HD32534NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD032534
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) is abundantly expressed by endometrial glands of the ovine uterus and processed into different bioactive peptides, including GRP1-27, GRP18-27, and a C-terminus, that affect cell proliferation and migration. However, little information is available concerning the hormonal regulation of endometrial GRP and expression of GRP receptors in the ovine endometrium and conceptus. These studies determined the effects of pregnancy, progesterone (P4), interferon tau (IFNT), placental lactogen (CSH1), and growth hormone (GH) on expression of GRP in the endometrium and GRP receptors (GRPR, NMBR, BRS3) in the endometrium, conceptus, and placenta. In pregnant ewes, GRP mRNA and protein were first detected predominantly in endometrial glands after Day 10 and were abundant from Days 18 through 120 of gestation. Treatment with IFNT and progesterone but not CSH1 or GH stimulated GRP expression in the endometrial glands. Western blot analyses identified proGRP in uterine luminal fluid and allantoic fluid from Day 80 unilateral pregnant ewes but not in uterine luminal fluid of either cyclic or early pregnant ewes. GRPR mRNA was very low in the Day 18 conceptus and undetectable in the endometrium and placenta; NMBR and BRS3 mRNAs were undetectable in ovine uteroplacental tissues. Collectively, the present studies validate GRP as a novel IFNT-stimulated gene in the glands of the ovine uterus, revealed that IFNT induction of GRP is dependent on P4, and found that exposure of the ovine uterus to P4 for 20 days induces GRP expression in endometrial glands.

Indexed as

Amniotic FluidAnimalsEndometriumFemaleFetusGastrin-Releasing PeptideGene Expression RegulationGrowth HormoneInterferon Type IMalePlacentaPlacental LactogenPregnancyPregnancy ProteinsProgesteroneReceptors, BombesinGastrin-Releasing PeptideGrowth Hormoneinterferon tauInterferon Type IPlacental LactogenPregnancy ProteinsProgesteroneReceptors, BombesinRNA, Messenger

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PMID18448839
PMCPMC2714990
OpenAlexW2070972898

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