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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions Leading to Conceptus Adhesion in Ruminants: Early Pregnancy Events in Cattle.

Mohamed Samy Yousef, Kazuhiko Imakawa

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Mohamed Samy YousefResearch Institute of Agriculture, Tokai University, Kumamoto 862-8652, Japan.
Kazuhiko ImakawaResearch Institute of Agriculture, Tokai University, Kumamoto 862-8652, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3798-3560

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trophoblast-endometrium interactions play a critical role in the processes of conceptus elongation, attachment, and adhesion, followed by placental development during early pregnancy in ruminants. The attachment between uterine epithelium and trophoblast cells, which is epithelial in nature, requires epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), where the fetal trophoblasts come into contact with maternal epithelial cells without fully invading the maternal tissues. Understanding the early developmental period driving EMT processes in utero in ruminants is fundamental to improving fertility through the prevention of early pregnancy failure and enhancing overall reproductive efficiency in livestock. This review highlights the key events necessary for the early conceptus to progress properly towards firm adhesion with the endometrium, focusing on trophoblast-endometrium interactions. This field holds the potential to elucidate molecular and cellular mechanisms associated with trophoblast and endometrium attachment and adhesion, leading to reduced early embryonic losses and enhanced economic sustainability by developing effective reproductive management strategies.

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Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionAnimalsCattleCell AdhesionEmbryo ImplantationEmbryonic DevelopmentEndometriumFemalePlacentationPregnancyTrophoblastsUterusconceptuselongationendometriumepithelial–mesenchymal transitionpregnancyruminanttrophoblast

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PMID40332451
PMCPMC12028242

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