Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and bi- and multi-nucleated trophoblast cell formation in ovine conceptuses during the peri-implantation period

• Main Authors: Ayami YAMADA (Author), Kaito OHTSUKI (Author), Natsumi SHIGA (Author), Jonathan A. GREEN (Author), Yuta MATSUNO (Author), Kazuhiko IMAKAWA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Society for Reproduction and Development, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which is common in cancer metastasis, is also observed during developmental processes such as embryo implantation into the maternal endometrium in humans and rodents. However, this process has not been well characterized in the non-invasive type of implantati...