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- Title
Histone modifications in embryo implantation and placentation: insights from mouse models.
- Authors
Shilei Bi; Zhaowei Tu; Dunjin Chen; Shuang Zhang
- Abstract
Embryo implantation and placentation play pivotal roles in pregnancy by facilitating crucial maternal-fetal interactions. These dynamic processes involve significant alterations in gene expression profiles within the endometrium and trophoblast lineages. Epigenetics regulatory mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling, and microRNA expression, act as regulatory switches to modulate gene activity, and have been implicated in establishing a successful pregnancy. Exploring the alterations in these epigenetic modifications can provide valuable insights for the development of therapeutic strategies targeting complications related to pregnancy. However, our current understanding of these mechanisms during key gestational stages remains incomplete. This review focuses on recent advancements in the study of histone modifications during embryo implantation and placentation, while also highlighting future research directions in this field.
- Subjects
EMBRYO implantation; LABORATORY mice; EPIGENOMICS; PREGNANCY complications; GENE expression profiling; TROPHOBLAST; GENE expression; HISTONES
- Publication
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023, Vol 14, p1
- ISSN
1664-2392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fendo.2023.1229862