Cell Signaling During Mammalian Early Embryo Development

ISBN-13: 9781493948284 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 216 str.

Henry J. Leese; Daniel R. Brison

Opis

The book considers signaling events from the zygote embryo through to the blastocyst with relevant data from embryonic stem (ES) cells, including dialogue with the extracellular environment and with the maternal tract during the implantation process.

Spis treści

Cell Signalling During Blastocyst Morphogenesis (Judith J. Eckert, Miguel A. Velazquez, Tom P. Fleming).- Amino Acids and Conceptus Development During the Peri-implantation Period of Pregnancy (Fuller W. Bazer, Gregory A. Johnson, G. Wu).- The Role of Hexosamine Biosynthesis and Signaling in Early Development (Marie Pantaleon).- Molecular Biology of the Stress Response in the Early Embryo and Its Stem Cells (Elizabeth E. Puscheck, Awoniyi O. Awonuga, Yu Yang, Zhongliang Jiang, Daniel A. Rappolee).- Survival Signalling in the Preimplantation Embryo (C. O’Neill, Y. Li, X.L. Jin).- Intracellular Ca2+ Signaling and Preimplantation Development (D. Randall Armant).- Female Tract Cytokines and Developmental Programming in Embryos (Sarah A. Robertson, Peck-Yin Chin, John E. Schjenken, Jeremy G. Thompson).

O autorze

Henry Leese, PhD, is a Professor of Biology at Hull York Medical School and the founding Editor-in-Chief of Human Fertility. Daniel  Brison, PhD, is Honorary Professor of Clinical Embryology and Stem Cell Biology; Scientific Director of the Department of Reproductive Medicine; and Co-Director NW Embryonic Stem Cell Centre (NWESCC) at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at St. Mary’s Hospital.