• Functional roles of agmatinase during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy in sheep 

      Lenis, Yasser Y.; Elmetwally, Mohammed A.; Tang, Wanjin; Satterfield, Carey; Dunlap, Kathrin; Wu, Guoyao; Bazer, Fuller W. (2018)
      This study investigated the effect of agmatine (Agm) in proliferation of ovine trophecdoderm cells (oTr1) as well as the importance of the arginine decarboxylase (ADC) and agmatinase (AGMAT) alternative pathway for synthesis ...
    • Functional roles of ornithine decarboxylase and arginine decarboxylase during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy in sheep 

      Lenis, Yasser Y.; Johnson, Gregory A.; Wang, Xiaoqiu; Tang, Wendy W.; Dunlap, Kathrin A.; Satterfield, M. Carey; Wu, Guoyao; Hansen, Thomas R.; Bazer, Fuller W. (2018)
      Background: Polyamines stimulate DNA transcription and mRNA translation for protein synthesis in trophectoderm cells, as well as proliferation and migration of cells; therefore, they are essential for development and ...
    • The role of stem cells in uterine involution 

      Spooner, Madelyn; Lenis, Yaser Y.; Watson, Rachel; Jaimes, Daniela (2021)
      Uterine remodeling during pregnancy and repair postpartum are fundamental to the successful propagation of eutherian species. The most drastic remodeling occurs in species with invasively implanting embryos, including ...