ReviewReproduction (Cambridge, England)2017
Chronicling the discovery of interferon tau.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pregnancy establishment in cattle without embryonic interferon tau.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Pregnancy Outcomes Following Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer in Dairy Cows-Expectations vs. Reality.Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene · 2026Review
- Pregnancy in type I interferon receptor (IFNAR2) knockout sheep challenges the accepted paradigm for pregnancy recognition in ruminants†.Biology of reproduction · 2026Article
- Embryonic Mediators of Embryo-Uterus Communication, Implantation and Pregnancy.Molecular reproduction and development · 2026Review
- Beyond a single signal: How can bovine pregnancy be established without IFNT?The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026Review
- Developmental Morphokinetics and the Transcriptomic Profile of Bovine First-Cleaved Embryos: Normal vs. Abnormal Divisions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Bovine uterine fluid lipidome parallels embryo and conceptus developmental milestones†.Biology of reproduction · 2026Article
- Intrauterine Administration of PBMC Modulated with IFN-τ Before Embryo Transfer Improves Clinical Outcomes of IVF Patients-A Randomized Control Trial.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Novel Aspects of the Physiology of Pregnancy in Domestic Ruminants.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- A Novel Microencapsulated Bovine Recombinant Interferon Tau Formulation for Luteolysis Modulation in Cattle.Biomolecules · 2025Article
- Characterization of the expression of XPR1 in ovine utero-placental tissues.Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Enhancing integration of the dairy and beef sectors through application of assisted reproductive technologies: pregnancy outcomes following timed AI and timed ET in lactating dairy cows.Animal reproduction · 2025Article
- Progesterone regulates tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) expression and activity in ovine utero-placental tissues.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Effects of conceptus proteins on endometrium and blood leukocytes of dairy cattle using transcriptome and meta-analysis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- FABP4 mediates endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy to regulate endometrial epithelial cell function during early sheep gestation.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2023Article
- Maternal blood transcriptome as a sensor of fetal organ maturation at the end of organogenesis in cattle†.Biology of reproduction · 2023Article
- Global analyses and potential effects of extracellular vesicles on the establishment of conceptus implantation during the peri-implantation period.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2023Article
- Interferon-Stimulated Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood Leucocytes as a Convenient Prediction Marker for Embryo Status in Embryo-Transferred Japanese Black Cows during the Peri-Implantation Period.Veterinary sciences · 2023Article
- Bovine blastocyst-like structures derived from stem cell cultures.Cell stem cell · 2023Article
- Integrating Analysis to Identify Differential circRNAs Involved in Goat Endometrial Receptivity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
It has been 38 years since a protein, now known as interferon tau (IFNT), was discovered in ovine conceptus-conditioned culture medium. After 1979, purification and testing of native IFNT revealed its unique antiluteolyic activity to prevent the regression of corpora lutea on ovaries of nonpregnant ewes. Antiviral, antiproliferative and immunomodulatory properties of native and recombinant IFNT were demonstrated later. In addition, progesterone and IFNT were found to act cooperatively to silence expression of classical interferon stimulated genes in a cell-specific manner in ovine uterine luminal and superficial glandular epithelia. But, IFNT signaling through a STAT1/STAT2-independent pathway stimulates expression of genes, such as those for transport of glucose and amino acids, which are required for growth and development of the conceptus. Further, undefined mechanisms of action of IFNT are key to a servomechanism that allows ovine placental lactogen and placental growth hormone to affect the development of uterine glands and their expression of genes throughout gestation. IFNT also acts systemically to induce the expression of interferon stimulated genes that influence secretion of progesterone by the corpus luteum. Finally, IFNT has great potential as a therapeutic agent due to its low cytotoxicity, anti-inflammatory properties and effects to mitigate diabetes, obesity-associated syndromes and various autoimmune diseases.
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