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Michael J. Soares

Researcher at University of Kansas

Publications -  235
Citations -  9907

Michael J. Soares is an academic researcher from University of Kansas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Trophoblast & Placenta. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 222 publications receiving 8725 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael J. Soares include Children's Mercy Hospital & University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

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Endogenous retroviruses function as species-specific enhancer elements in the placenta

TL;DR: The results implicate ERV enhancer co-option as a mechanism underlying the extensive evolutionary diversification of placental development.
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The prolactin and growth hormone families: Pregnancy-specific hormones/cytokines at the maternal-fetal interface

TL;DR: The prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) gene families represent species-specific expansions of pregnancy-associated hormones/cytokines.
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Gestation stage-dependent intrauterine trophoblast cell invasion in the rat and mouse: novel endocrine phenotype and regulation.

TL;DR: Trophoblast cells invade the uterine wall during the last week of gestation in the rat and mouse and possess a unique endocrine phenotype, and factors present in the uterusine mesometrial compartment modulate their invasive behavior.