Fuller W. Bazer

TL;DR: Cell-type specific regulation of SLA and β2m genes by progesterone and IFNs suggests that placental secretions control expression of immune regulatory molecules on uterine cells to provide an immunologically favorable environment for survival of the fetal-placental semiallograft.

TL;DR: These results are the first to show in vivo regulation of ISG15 function (i.e. conjugation to target proteins) by a type I IFN in the uterus of any species and thatISG15 is expressed at contacts between the placenta and uterus when trophectoderm no longer produces IFNtau.

TL;DR: Results indicate that putrescine promotes cell proliferation and protein synthesis in a dose- and time-dependent manner, which was inhibited by difluoro-methylornithine (an inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase), and reveals a novel and important role for putresCine in regulating the mTOR signaling pathway in porcine placental cells.

TL;DR: In addition to estrogens of conceptus origin, calcium and prostaglandins PGF2 alpha and E2 may affect the uterine vasculature, water and electrolyte transport, capillary permeability, conceptus steroid production, and related events during pregnancy.

TL;DR: A direct comparison between USDA and DHHS budgets illustrates the huge disparity in total budget available for research grants focused on animal agriculture, about 1/918th that for human health.