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- Title
The roles of endoplasmic reticulum stress response in female mammalian reproduction.
- Authors
Yang, Yanzhou; Pei, Xiuying; Jin, Yaping; Wang, Yanrong; Zhang, Cheng
- Abstract
Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) activates a protective pathway, called the unfold protein response, for maintaining cellular homeostasis, but cellular apoptosis is triggered by excessive or persistent ERS. Several recent studies imply that the ERS response might have broader physiological roles in the various reproductive processes of female mammals, including embryo implantation, decidualization, preimplantation embryonic development, follicle atresia, and the development of the placenta. This review summarizes the existing data concerning the molecular and biological roles of the ERS response. The study of the functions of the ERS response in mammalian reproduction might provide novel insights into and an understanding of reproductive cell survival and apoptosis under physiological and pathological conditions. The ERS response is a novel signaling pathway for reproductive cell survival and apoptosis. Infertility might be a result of disturbing the ERS response during the process of female reproduction.
- Subjects
ENDOPLASMIC reticulum; FEMALE reproductive organs; DENATURATION of proteins; HOMEOSTASIS; APOPTOSIS; PLACENTA development; INFERTILITY; EMBRYO implantation; MAMMALS
- Publication
Cell & Tissue Research, 2016, Vol 363, Issue 3, p589
- ISSN
0302-766X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00441-015-2212-x