Implantation and Establishment of Pregnancy in the Pig. Chapter

abstract

• Establishment of pregnancy in the pig is initiated through the release of estrogens from the rapidly elongating conceptuses. Release of estrogens from the developing conceptuses alters the movement of endometrial prostaglandin F2 from being released into the vasculature (endocrine secretion) to sequestering in the uterine lumen (exocrine secretion). Rapid trophoblast elongation, which is unique to the pig, may be triggered through production of interleukin 12 (IL1B2) by conceptuses. Trophoblast elongation through the uterine horns provides the mechanism to allow conceptus-endometrial interactions essential for the implantation, placentation, and maintenance of pregnancy in the pig. This chapter provides current information on conceptus signaling pathways and endometrial responses to those conceptus factors leading to establishment of pregnancy.

authors

• Burghardt, Robert
• Johnson, Gregory

author list (cited authors)

• Geisert, R. D., Johnson, G. A., & Burghardt, R. C.

citation count

• 40

complete list of authors

• Geisert, Rodney D||Johnson, Gregory A||Burghardt, Robert C

Book Title

• REGULATION OF IMPLANTATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PREGNANCY IN MAMMALS: TRIBUTE TO 45 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ROGER V. SHORT'S MATERNAL RECOGNITION OF PREGNANCY

publication date

• January 2015

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Conceptus
• Embryo Implantation
• Endometrium
• Estrogen
• Female
• Fetus
• Interleukin 1 Beta
• Luteolysis
• Pig
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy, Animal

PubMed Central ID

• 26450498

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/978-3-319-15856-3_8

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-3-319-15855-6

start page

• 137

end page

• 163

volume

• 216