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"Real life" polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) mixtures modulate hCG, hPL and hPLGF levels and disrupt the physiological ratio of MMP-2 to MMP-9 and VEGF expression in human placenta cell lines

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Adipokines change the balance of proliferation/apoptosis in the ovarian cells of human and domestic animals: A comparative review

scientific article published in May 2021

Adipokines expression profiles in both plasma and peri renal adipose tissue in Large White and Meishan sows: a possible involvement in the fattening and the onset of puberty

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Adiponectin and resistin: potential metabolic signals affecting hypothalamo-pituitary gonadal axis in females and males of different species

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Altered vitamin D3 metabolism in the ovary and periovarian adipose tissue of rats with letrozole-induced PCOS

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Anti-Apoptotic Effect of Apelin in Human Placenta: Studies on BeWo Cells and Villous Explants from Third-Trimester Human Pregnancy

scientific article published on 9 March 2021

Apelin (APLN) regulates progesterone secretion and oocyte maturation in bovine ovarian cells.

scientific article published in March 2017

Apelin and apelin receptor at different stages of corpus luteum development and effect of apelin on progesterone secretion and 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) in pigs

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Apelin and apelin receptor in human placenta: Expression, signalling pathway and regulation of trophoblast JEG‑3 and BeWo cells proliferation and cell cycle

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Apelin decreased placental hormoine secretion by human trophoblast BeWo cells via apelin receptor, protein kinase A and extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 activation

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Apelin in Reproductive Physiology and Pathology of Different Species: A Critical Review.

scientific article published on 6 June 2018

Apelin, APJ, and ELABELA: Role in Placental Function, Pregnancy, and Foetal Development-An Overview

scientific article published on 29 December 2021

Bisphenol A and its derivatives decrease expression of chemerin, which reverses its stimulatory action in ovarian cancer cells

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Cell-specific and dose-dependent effects of PAHs on proliferation, cell cycle, and apoptosis protein expression and hormone secretion by placental cell lines

scientific article

Co-culture of JEG-3, BeWo and syncBeWo cell lines with adrenal H295R cell line: an alternative model for examining endocrine and metabolic properties of the fetoplacental unit.

scientific article

Combination of ABT-737 and resveratrol enhances DNA damage and apoptosis in human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia MOLT-4 cells.

scientific article

Compounds of PAH mixtures dependent interaction between multiple signaling pathways in granulosa tumour cells

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Correction: Maternal High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation has Opposite Effects on Gonadal Expression of Leptin and Leptin Receptor in Rat Dams and Their Offspring.

scientific article

Differential effects of ambient PAH mixtures on cellular and steroidogenic properties of placental JEG-3 and BeWo cells

scientific article published on 20 March 2019

Direct inhibition of ERK1/2 phosphorylation as a possible mechanism for the antiproliferative action of 3,4-diOH-PCB3 in the MCF-7 cell line

scientific article

Early life stress-induced alterations in the activity and morphology of ventral tegmental area neurons in female rats

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

Effect of ghrelin on the apoptosis of various cells. A critical review

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Effects of estradiol, PCB3, and their hydroxylated metabolites on proliferation, cell cycle, and apoptosis of human breast cancer cells.

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

Effects of human blood levels of two PAH mixtures on the AHR signalling activation pathway and CYP1A1 and COMT target genes in granulosa non-tumor and granulosa tumor cell lines

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Endocrine disrupting compounds modulates adiponectin secretion, expression of its receptors and action on steroidogenesis in ovarian follicle

scientific article published on 8 March 2017

Endocrine disruptor chemicals, adipokines and reproductive functions

scientific article published on 27 April 2022

Energy Sensors in Female and Male Reproduction and Fertility

scientific article published on 27 September 2018

Energy sensors and reproductive hypothalamo-pituitary ovarian axis (HPO) in female mammals: role of mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin), AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) and SIRT1 (Sirtuin 1)

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Expression and Impact of Vaspin on In Vitro Oocyte Maturation through MAP3/1 and PRKAA1 Signalling Pathways

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

Expression and role of resistin on steroid secretion in the porcine corpus luteum

scientific article published in October 2021

Expression of apelin and apelin receptor (APJ) in porcine ovarian follicles and in vitro effect of apelin on steroidogenesis and proliferation through APJ activation and different signaling pathways.

scientific article

Expression of chemerin and its receptors in the ovaries of prepubertal and mature gilts

scientific article published on 17 June 2020

Expression of ghrelin receptor, GHSR-1a, and its functional role in the porcine ovarian follicles.

scientific article

Flutamide Alters the Expression of Chemerin, Apelin, and Vaspin and Their Respective Receptors in the Testes of Adult Rats

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Gh and IGF-I increase leptin receptor expression in prepubertal pig ovaries: the role of leptin in steroid secretion and cell apoptosis

scientific article published on September 2006

Ghrelin levels in prepubertal pig ovarian follicles

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

In Vitro Effects of Vaspin on Porcine Granulosa Cell Proliferation, Cell Cycle Progression, and Apoptosis by Activation of GRP78 Receptor and Several Kinase Signaling Pathways Including MAP3/1, AKT, and STAT3

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Induction of cytochrome P450 1A1 in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells by 4-chlorobiphenyl (PCB3) and the effects of its hydroxylated metabolites on cellular apoptosis

scientific article

Interstitial Leydig Cell Tumorigenesis-Leptin and Adiponectin Signaling in Relation to Aromatase Expression in the Human Testis

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Levels of the neuropeptide phoenixin-14 and its receptor GRP173 in the hypothalamus, ovary and periovarian adipose tissue in rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Local feedback loop of ghrelin-GH in the pig ovary: action on estradiol secretion, aromatase activity and cell apoptosis.

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

Maternal High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation has Opposite Effects on Gonadal Expression of Leptin and Leptin Receptor in Rat Dams and Their Offspring

scientific article

Mechanisms of Adiponectin Action in Fertility: An Overview from Gametogenesis to Gestation in Humans and Animal Models in Normal and Pathological Conditions

journal article from 'International Journal of Molecular Sciences' published in 2019

New Aspects of Corpus Luteum Regulation in Physiological and Pathological Conditions: Involvement of Adipokines and Neuropeptides

scientific article published on 10 March 2022

Novel Insights on the Corpus Luteum Function: Role of Vaspin on Porcine Luteal Cell Angiogenesis, Proliferation and Apoptosis by Activation of GRP78 Receptor and MAP3/1 Kinase Pathways

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

Phoenixin: More than Reproductive Peptide

scientific article published on 08 November 2020

Plasma level and expression of visfatin in the porcine hypothalamus during the estrous cycle and early pregnancy

scientific article published on 22 April 2021

Regulatory Role of Gonadotropins and Local Factors Produced by Ovarian Follicles on In Vitro Resistin Expression and Action on Porcine Follicular Steroidogenesis

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Resistin is a survival factor for porcine ovarian follicular cells

scientific article published on 9 July 2015

Review: Vaspin (SERPINA12) Expression and Function in Endocrine Cells

scientific article published on 6 July 2021

Review: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) - action on placental function and health risks in future life of newborns

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Role of vaspin in porcine ovary: effect on signaling pathways and steroid synthesis via GRP78 receptor and protein kinase A

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

Senescence and adiponectin signaling - Studies in canine testis

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Small intestinal development in suckling rats after enteral obestatin administration

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Steroid secretion following exposure of ovarian follicular cells to single congeners and defined mixture of polybrominateddibenzoethers (PBDEs), p,p'-DDT and its metabolite p,p'-DDE.

scientific article published on 8 March 2008

Telocytes are localized to testis of the bank vole (Myodes glareolus) and are affected by lighting conditions and G-coupled membrane estrogen receptor (GPER) signaling

scholarly article by Agnieszka Milon et al published January 2019 in General and Comparative Endocrinology

The expression of autophagy-related proteins within the corpus luteum lifespan in pigs

scientific article published on 03 April 2018

The pan-Bcl-2 inhibitor obatoclax promotes differentiation and apoptosis of acute myeloid leukemia cells

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

The role of vaspin in porcine corpus luteum

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Vaspin in the pig ovarian follicles: expression and regulation by different hormones

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Viviparity in the dermapteran Arixenia esau: respiration inside mother's body requires both maternal and larval contribution

scientific article published on 19 June 2019