Determining the position of the fetus to see if it is in the normal head-down position or breech. Checking the position of the placenta to see if it is improperly developing over the opening to the uterus (cervix). Seeing the number of fetuses in the uterus. Checking the sex of the bab...
Controls the production and secretion of hormones by the adrenal glands Growth hormone Controls growth and development Promotes protein production Luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone Control reproductive functions, including the production of sperm and semen in men and egg maturation and...
low birth weight, placenta praevia and pre-eclampsia3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. For example, the stillbirth rate doubles by the late 30 s and increases 3–4 fold by the mid-40s6. Rates of preterm birth are ~20% higher in women aged 35 years and over (source: Tommy’s; CIHI). Even be...
In comparative analysis of the 2D-gels, the NT-derived trophectoderm had less annexins I and II in comparison to the IVF- and P-derived trophectoderm. Because annexins I and II are abundant in the placenta and have functions important to the maintenance of placentation, the down-regulation ...
It is tempting to infer that the evolution of macrolichens, which may serve ecological functions like epiphytes, might prosper due to the extinction of competitors after the K-Pg boundary or because of the angiosperm radiation during KTR. It is, however, more difficult to determine how and why...
But the scientists knew that ApoER2 didn't tell the whole story. They found that in the presence of the APS antibodies, ApoER2 triggers the activity of PP2A, an enzyme that regulates protein functions throughout the body. Further experiments showed that in the pregnant mice with APS antibodie...
Isolation and characterization of CD133+CD34+VEGFR-2+CD45- fetal endothelial cells from human term placenta The phenotypes and functions of endothelial cells (EC), a heterogeneous cell population, vary along the vascular tree and even in the same organ between di... E Slder,BC Bckle,VA Nguy...
MicroRNA-429 functions as a regulator of epithelial–mesenchymal transition by targeting Pcdh8 during murine embryo implantation What is the role of miR-429 in murine embryo implantation?miR-429 functions as a suppressor of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) during the process o... Z Li,J ...
Therefore, the changes in CEA and HLA class I expression agreed with previous studies that IFN-ω functions as a type I interferon. Additional results revealed additive/synergistic increases of CEA, HLA class I, and ICAM-1 expression when low doses of IFN-ω and IFN-γ were combined. IFN-...
suggesting the different abilities to present antigens between the two cell types. We also investigated the potential biological function of different cell clusters using Gene Ontology enrichment (GO) analysis. Potential biological functions of B cells were found to be enriched in immune response (for...