The uterus is an essential organ for fetal development in most mammals. Uterine glands, highly conserved structures in the mammalian uterus, play critical roles in the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy and have been implicated in t…
The mammalian uterus contains glands in the endometrium that develop only or primarily after birth. In the mouse, endometrial glands govern post implantation pregnancy establishment via regulation of blastocyst implantation, stromal cell de…
The CAP superfamily member, CRISPLD2, has previously been shown to be associated with nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate (NSCLP) in human populations and to be essential for normal craniofacial development in the zebrafish. Additionally, in …
Allograft inflammatory factor-1 (Aif-1) is a 17 kDa EF hand motif-bearing protein expressed primarily in developing spermatids and cells of monocyte/macrophage lineage. Increased Aif-1 expression has been identified in clinically important …