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Effect of nutrition on endometrial progesterone receptor expression in ewes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

J.A. Abecia ,
C. Sosa ,
J.M. Lozano ,
C. Viñoles ,
F. Forcada ,
M. Forsberg  and
A. Meikle
J.A. Abecia*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production and Food Science, Faculty of Veterinary, Zaragoza, Spain.
C. Sosa
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lasplaces 1550 Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
J.M. Lozano
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production and Food Science, Faculty of Veterinary, Zaragoza, Spain. Department of Veterinary Preclinical Studies, University of Glasgow, Veterinary School, Glasgow
C. Viñoles
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
F. Forcada
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production and Food Science, Faculty of Veterinary, Zaragoza, Spain.
M. Forsberg
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
A. Meikle
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lasplaces 1550 Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
*
alf@posta.unizar.es
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It has been postulated that undernourishment could affect embryo survival through changes in the uterine environment (Abecia et al., 1995). Moreover, we have shown that undernourished ewes had higher plasma progesterone (P4) concentrations and a lower endometrial content of P4 (Lozano et al., 1998), suggesting that this lower endometrial content could be due to a decrease in the content of endometrial progesterone receptors (PR). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of low and high levels of food intake on PR in different endometrial cell types.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 81
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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