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ArticleFertility and sterility2011

Primate preimplantation embryo is a target for relaxin during early pregnancy.

Catherine A Vandevoort, Namdori R Mtango, Keith E Latham, Dennis R Stewart

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Article in Fertility and sterility, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine A VandevoortCalifornia National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. cavandevoort@ucdavis.edu
Namdori R Mtango
Keith E Latham
Dennis R Stewart
Temple University · USUniversity of California System · US

Funding

ZONA PELLUCIDA PEPTIDES AS IMMUNOCONTRACEPTIVE ANTIGENSP51RR000169 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI HYDE, DALLAS MELVIN · 1985 to 2011
$126.2M
The Primate Embryo Gene Expression ResourceR24RR015253 · NCRR · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI LATHAM, KEITH E · 2000 to 2011
$4.9M
PROTOCOLS FOR MATURING AND FREEZING OOCYTESR01RR013439 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI VANDEVOORT, CATHERINE A · 1998 to 2006
$3.5M
Rhesus Monkey Oocyte ResourcesR24OD010967 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI VANDEVOORT, CATHERINE A · 2012 to 2014
$1.6M
Rhesus Monkey Oocyte ResourcesR24RR025880 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI VANDEVOORT, CATHERINE A · 2010 to 2011
$1.1M
NCRR NIH HHS P51 RR000169NCRR NIH HHS R01 RR013439NCRR NIH HHS R24 RR015253NCRR NIH HHS R24 RR025880NCRR NIH HHS RR00169NCRR NIH HHS RR13439NCRR NIH HHS RR15253NIH HHS R24 OD010967
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine whether preimplantation embryos are targets for relaxin secreted from the corpus luteum of the menstrual cycle.

designRhesus monkey oocytes obtained from females undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation were inseminated, and the resulting embryos were cultured in medium with or without recombinant human relaxin (20 ng/mL) for 8 days.

settingResearch laboratory. ANIMAL(S): Rhesus monkey. INTERVENTION(S): Controlled ovarian stimulation to obtain oocytes for in vitro-produced embryos that were cultured with or without human recombinant relaxin. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Rate of blastocyst development, percentage of blastocysts, and inner cell mass/trophectoderm cell ratio were measured on day 8 of culture. The presence of relaxin receptor (RXFP1) messenger RNA in eight-cell embryos was observed by array hybridization. RESULT(S): RXFP1 receptor expression was localized to the inner cell mass of blastocysts, as shown by immunohistochemistry. The percentage of embryos that developed to blastocyst and the inner cell mass/trophectoderm cell ratio was unchanged with relaxin supplementation; however, the relaxin-treated embryos developed into blastocysts significantly sooner than untreated embryos. CONCLUSION(S): These results are the first evidence that the preimplantation primate embryo is a target for relaxin and that the addition of relaxin to in vitro culture medium enhances rhesus monkey embryo development.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlastocystCricetinaeDrug Delivery SystemsEmbryo Culture TechniquesFemaleHumansMacaca mulattaPregnancyReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, PeptideRelaxinSpecies SpecificityReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, PeptideRelaxinrelaxin receptors

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PMID21645893
PMCPMC3129389
OpenAlexW2162725324

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