supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFA1100300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32288102,32370843 and 32025006)Part of the data analysis was performed on the High Performance Computing Platform of the Center for Life Sciences,Peking University。
Human primed pluripotent stem cells are capable of generating all the embryonic lineages.However,their extraembryonic trophectoderm potentials are limited.It remains unclear how to expand their developmental potential...
funded by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program(2019YFA0110001 and 2022YFC2702200);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82288102,82125013,82201838,and 82101677);the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology(YESS20200398)。
Human fetuses exhibit notable sex differences in growth rate and response to the intrauterine environment,yet their origins and underlying mechanisms remain uncertain.Here,we conduct a detailed investigation of sex di...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2020YFA0112500 and 2021YFA1102900);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31721003,81630035,82022027,31871448,32000418 and 31820103009);supported by the key project of the Science and Technology of Shanghai Municipality(Nos.19JC1415300 and 21JC1405500);the Shanghai municipal medical and health discipline construction projects(No.2017ZZ02015);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2021M692437 and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
Self-organized blastoids from extended pluripotent stem(EPs)cells possess enormous potential for investigating postimplantation embryo development and related diseases.However,the limited ability of postimplantation d...
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31625025).
Zearalenone(ZEA),a mycotoxin produced mainly by fungi belonging to Fusarium species in foods and feeds,causes a serious hazard to humans and animals.Numerous studies have revealed that ingesting ZEA can disrupt the re...
supported by the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(1908085MC97,2008085MC85);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31802059,31902226);Hefei Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support Plan for Returnee Scholar(03082009);Anhui Provincial Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support Plan for Returnee Scholar(2020LCX015)。
Inositol requiring mutant 80(INO80)is a chromatin remodeler that regulates pluripotency maintenance of embryonic stem cells and reprogramming of somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells.However,the roles and mechanis...
supported primarily by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants(2016-67,015-24,958 to Fuller W.Bazer and 2015-67,015-23,276 to Guoyao Wu)from the United States Department of Agriculture,National Institute of Food and Agriculture;supported by funding from the Sustainability Strategy2013–2014,from CODI University of Antioquia(Ude A),Medellín,Colombia Scholarship“Becas Doctorado Ude A 2014.”
Background: Polyamines stimulate DNA transcription and m RNA translation for protein synthesis in trophectoderm cells, as well as proliferation and migration of cells; therefore, they are essential for development and...
Background: Despite recent advances that have improved the pregnancy success rates that can be achieved via in vitro fertilization (IVF) therapy, it is not yet clear which blastocyst morphological paralneters best...
supported by National Research Initiative Competitive Grants from the Animal Reproduction Program (2008-35203-19120, 2009-35206-05211, 201167015-20067, and 2011-67015-20028);Animal Growth & Nutrient Utilization Program (2008-35206-18764) of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture;Texas A&M Agri Life Research (H-8200)
The dialogue between the mammalian conceptus(embryo/fetus and associated membranes) involves signaling for pregnancy recognition and maintenance of pregnancy during the critical peri-implantation period of pregnancy w...
The influence of inner cell mass (ICM) and trophectoderm (TE) score on pregnancy out- comes in frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer cycles was analyzed. A retrospective analysis of 741 cycles of frozen-thawed blastos...
Supported by the Scientifi c Research Fund of Heilongjiang Provincial Education Department(11551039)
Development of tools that can manipulate gene expression specifically and efficiently in the trophectoderm(TE) lineage would greatly aid understanding the roles of different genetic pathways in TE versus embryonic l...