Functional role of AKT signaling in bovine early embryonic development: potential link to embryotrophic actions of follistatin

• Main Authors: Mohamed Ashry (Author), Sandeep K. Rajput (Author), Joseph K. Folger (Author), Jason G. Knott (Author), Nabil A. Hemeida (Author), Omaima M. Kandil (Author), Refaat S. Ragab (Author), George W. Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background TGF-β signaling pathways regulate several crucial processes in female reproduction. AKT is a non-SMAD signaling pathway regulated by TGF-β ligands essential for oocyte maturation and early embryonic development in the mouse, but its regulatory role in bovine early embryonic devel...