Placental hormones and fetal–placental development

Genomic imprinting: parental influence on the genome

2001 • 2,253 citations

Human Growth Hormone and Extracellular Domain of Its Receptor: Crystal Structure of the Complex

1992 • 2,236 citations

A molecular timescale for vertebrate evolution

1998 • 1,945 citations

Prolactin (PRL) and Its Receptor: Actions, Signal Transduction Pathways and Phenotypes Observed in PRL Receptor Knockout Mice

1998 • 1,846 citations

Placental-specific IGF-II is a major modulator of placental and fetal growth

2002 • 1,044 citations

Epigenetic change in IGF2R is associated with fetal overgrowth after sheep embryo culture

2001 • 832 citations

Extrapituitary Prolactin: Distribution, Regulation, Functions, and Clinical Aspects*

1996 • 697 citations

Somatic cell nuclear transfer

2002 • 542 citations

Evidence for Placental Abnormality as the Major Cause of Mortality in First-Trimester Somatic Cell Cloned Bovine Fetuses1

2000 • 505 citations

Genomic imprinting and the strange case of the insulin-like growth factor II receptor

1991 • 494 citations

The Sins of the Fathers and Mothers

1999 • 489 citations

The human growth hormone locus: Nucleotide sequence, biology, and evolution

1989 • 475 citations

Prolactin (PRL) and Its Receptor: Actions, Signal Transduction Pathways and Phenotypes Observed in PRL Receptor Knockout Mice

1998 • 473 citations

Growth Hormone Heterogeneity: Genes, Isohormones, Variants, and Binding Proteins

1991 • 448 citations

Regulation of supply and demand for maternal nutrients in mammals by imprinted genes

2003 • 369 citations

Regulation of supply and demand for maternal nutrients in mammals by imprinted genes

2003 • 302 citations

Evaluation of Gestational Deficiencies in Cloned Sheep Fetuses and Placentae1

2001 • 251 citations

Roles of prolactin and related members of the prolactin/growth hormone/placental lactogen family in angiogenesis

2002 • 248 citations

Growth hormone and prolactin--molecular and functional evolution.

2002 • 217 citations

Cloning and nucleotide sequencing of the bovine growth hormone gene

1982 • 214 citations

Regulation of Fetal Growth by the Somatotrophic Axis

2003 • 205 citations

Nutritional effects on foetal growth

1999 • 190 citations

Placental Steroid Hormone Synthesis: Unique Features and Unanswered Questions1

1996 • 186 citations

Nutrient partitioning and fetal growth in rapidly growing adolescent ewes

1996 • 168 citations

Human Placental Growth Hormone—A Review

2002 • 166 citations

Prolactin Receptor and Uterine Milk Protein Expression in the Ovine Endometrium During the Estrous Cycle and Pregnancy1

2000 • 149 citations

Brief Undernutrition in Late-Gestation Sheep Programs the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Adult Offspring

2003 • 148 citations

Adaptive diversification within a large family of recently duplicated, placentally expressed genes

2000 • 147 citations

Effects of Recombinant Ovine Interferon Tau, Placental Lactogen, and Growth Hormone on the Ovine Uterus1

1999 • 144 citations

The Uteroplacental Prolactin Family and Pregnancy1

1998 • 143 citations

The callipyge locus: evidence for the trans interaction of reciprocally imprinted genes

2003 • 143 citations

Implantation and Placental Development in Somatic Cell Clone Recipient Cows

2002 • 127 citations

Molecular Links between X-Inactivation and Autosomal Imprinting: X-Inactivation as a Driving Force for the Evolution of Imprinting?

2003 • 126 citations

Maternal endocrine status in relation to pregnancy outcome in rapidly growing adolescent sheep

1997 • 119 citations

The fetal somatotropic axis during long term maternal undernutrition in sheep: evidence for nutritional regulation in utero.

1995 • 118 citations

Molecular cloning of the bovine prolactin receptor and distribution of prolactin and growth hormone receptor transcripts in fetal and utero-placental tissues

1992 • 106 citations

Placental-fetal hormonal interactions: impact on fetal growth

1995 • 106 citations

Did genomic imprinting and X chromosome inactivation arise from stochastic expression?

2001 • 88 citations

Evidence That an Imprinted Gene on the X Chromosome Increases Ovulation Rate in Sheep

2001 • 87 citations

Transcription Factors Underlying the Development and Endocrine Functions of the Placenta

2002 • 85 citations

Hormone Ontogeny in the Ovine Fetus. I. Circulating Growth Hormone in Mid and Late Gestation**

1979 • 85 citations

Tissue distribution and ontogeny of growth hormone receptor messenger ribonucleic acid and ligand binding to hepatic tissue in the midgestation sheep fetus.

1993 • 81 citations

Neurophysiological regulation andtarget-tissue impact of the pulsatile mode of growth hormone secretion in the human

2001 • 79 citations

Ruminant placental lactogens: structure and biology

1992 • 77 citations

The growth hormone/prolactin gene family in ruminant placentae.

1995 • 74 citations

Characterization of gene expression profiles in early bovine pregnancy using a custom cDNA microarray

2003 • 72 citations

Ovine Placental Lactogen Specifically Binds to Endometrial Glands of the Ovine Uterus1

2003 • 69 citations

A 3800 GENE MICROARRAY FOR CATTLE FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS: COMPARISON OF GENE EXPRESSION IN SPLEEN, PLACENTA, AND BRAIN

2002 • 69 citations

Genomic imprinting in ruminants: allele-specific gene expression in parthenogenetic sheep

1998 • 67 citations

Genetic mapping of the ovine placental lactogen gene to sheep chromosome 20.

1998 • 65 citations

Genomic Imprinting, Mammalian Evolution, and the Mystery of Egg-Laying Mammals

2000 • 64 citations

Genomic imprinting of the insulin-like growth factor 2 gene in sheep

1999 • 63 citations

Functional Heterodimerization of Prolactin and Growth Hormone Receptors by Ovine Placental Lactogen

2000 • 63 citations

Prolactin Receptor Heterogeneity in Bovine Fetal and Maternal Tissues¹

1997 • 62 citations

Quantification and cellular localization of ovine placental lactogen messenger ribonucleic acid expression during mid- and late gestation.

1992 • 62 citations

Expression of the growth hormone gene in ovine placenta: detection and cellular localization of the protein.

1996 • 61 citations

Hormone Ontogeny in the Ovine Fetus

1990 • 60 citations

Hormone Ontogeny in the Ovine Fetus. II. Ovine Chorionic Somatomammotropin in Mid and Late Gestation in the Fetal and Maternal Circulations*

1979 • 60 citations

The expanding growth hormone/prolactin family

1992 • 59 citations

CONCENTRATIONS OF PLACENTAL LACTOGEN IN CHRONICALLY CATHETERIZED EWES AND FETUSES IN LATE PREGNANCY

1980 • 59 citations

Duplicate growth hormone genes in sheep and goat

1998 • 58 citations

Adaptive diversification within a large family of recently duplicated, placentally expressed genes

2000 • 55 citations

Expression of prolactin-related protein I at the fetomaternal interface during the implantation period in cows

2002 • 54 citations

Mechanism of Ruminant Placental Lactogen Action: Molecular and in Vivo Studies

2002 • 51 citations

Ovine Placental Lactogen-Induced Heterodimerization of Ovine Growth Hormone and Prolactin Receptors in Living Cells Is Demonstrated by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Microscopy and Leads to Prolonged Phosphorylation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT)1 and STAT3

2003 • 44 citations

Differing requirements for capacitation in vitro of mouse spermatozoa from two strains

1977 • 44 citations

In vitro and early in vivo development of sheep gynogenones and putative androgenones

1998 • 44 citations

Restriction fragment length polymorphism in sheep at the growth hormone locus is the result of variation in gene number

1990 • 43 citations

Large-scale preparation and characterization of recombinant ovine placental lactogen

1997 • 39 citations

Ruminant Placental Lactogens Act as Antagonists to Homologous Growth Hormone Receptors and as Agonists to Human or Rabbit Growth Hormone Receptors

1999 • 39 citations

Relations between maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of placental lactogen and placental and fetal weights in well-fed ewes.

1991 • 38 citations

The fetal somatotropic axis during long term maternal undernutrition in sheep: evidence for nutritional regulation in utero

1995 • 38 citations

Expression of Growth Hormone and Its Receptor in the Placental and Feto-Maternal Environment during Early Pregnancy in Sheep

1999 • 37 citations

Structure of the Bovine Placental Lactogen Gene and Alternative Splicing of Transcripts

1991 • 35 citations

Tissue distribution and ontogeny of growth hormone receptor messenger ribonucleic acid and ligand binding to hepatic tissue in the midgestation sheep fetus

1993 • 34 citations

Somatic cell mapping, polymorphism, and linkage analysis of bovine prolactin-related proteins and placental lactogen

1992 • 34 citations

Effect of chronic infusion of placental lactogen on ovine fetal growth in late gestation

1996 • 33 citations

Cloning and sequencing of the ovine growth hormone gene

1988 • 33 citations

Effect of restriction of placental growth on the concentrations of insulin, glucose and placental lactogen in the plasma of sheep

1985 • 33 citations

Differential expression of the growth hormone receptor and its transcript in bovine uterus and placenta

1997 • 32 citations

Expression of new members of the prolactin growth hormone gene family in bovine placenta. Isolation and characterization of two prolactin-like cDNA clones.

1990 • 31 citations

Bovine placental prolactin-related hormones

1992 • 31 citations

An examination of the proposed roles of placental lactogen in the ewe by means of antibody neutralization

1985 • 30 citations

The duplicated gene copy of the ovine growth hormone gene contains a PvuII polymorphism in the second intron

1993 • 29 citations

Prolactin Receptor Heterogeneity in Bovine Fetal and Maternal Tissues

1997 • 26 citations

Prolactin family miniarray: a tool for evaluating uteroplacental-trophoblast endocrine cell phenotypes

2002 • 25 citations

The effects of ovine placental lactogen infusion on metabolites, insulin-like growth factors and binding proteins in the fetal sheep

1995 • 25 citations

Effect of a high maternal dietary intake during mid-gestation on components of the utero-placental insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system in adolescent sheep with retarded placental development

2000 • 25 citations

Purification and properties of placental prolactin-related protein-I

1997 • 24 citations

Active immunization of ewes against ovine placental lactogen increases birth weight of lambs and milk production with no adverse effect on conception rate

2000 • 24 citations

The growth hormone receptor messenger ribonucleic acid present in ovine fetal liver is a variant form.

1995 • 23 citations

Quantification and cellular localization of ovine placental lactogen messenger ribonucleic acid expression during mid- and late gestation

1992 • 23 citations

Expression of the growth hormone gene in ovine placenta: detection and cellular localization of the protein

1996 • 23 citations

Ovine growth hormone gene duplication—structural and evolutionary implications

1997 • 23 citations

Differential effects of maternal ovine placental lactogen and growth hormone (GH) administration on GH receptor, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and IGF binding protein-3 gene expression in the pregnant and fetal sheep.

1996 • 22 citations

Statics and dynamics of contact lines of nematic liquid crystals on mica

2000 • 22 citations

Exogenous GH infusion to late-gestational fetal sheep does not alter fetal growth and metabolism

2000 • 20 citations

Cellular localization and evolution of prolactin receptor mRNA in ovine endometrium during pregnancy

1999 • 20 citations

Basic aspects of immunomodulation through active immunization

1995 • 20 citations

Effects of recombinant ovine placental lactogen and recombinant ovine growth hormone on growth of lambs and milk production of ewes

2001 • 19 citations

Placental Growth Hormone and Lactogen Production by Perifused Ovine Placental Explants: Regulation by Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Glucose

2002 • 18 citations

Growth-promoting effects of ovine placental lactogen (oPL) in young lambs: comparison with bovine growth hormone provides evidence for a distinct effect of oPL on food intake.

1996 • 18 citations

Transcriptional regulation in the placenta during normal and compromised fetal growth

2001 • 18 citations

Prolactin receptor heterogeneity: processing and signalling of the long and short isoforms during development

2001 • 15 citations

Principles of immunomodulation

1995 • 15 citations

Expression of Growth Hormone and Its Receptor in the Placental and Feto-Maternal Environment during Early Pregnancy in Sheep

1999 • 15 citations

The growth hormone receptor messenger ribonucleic acid present in ovine fetal liver is a variant form

1995 • 13 citations

Effect of a high maternal dietary intake during mid-gestation on components of the utero-placental insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system in adolescent sheep with retarded placental development

2000 • 12 citations

Structural Analysis of Repetitive DNA Sequences in the Goat Growth Hormone Gene Region

1991 • 11 citations

Characterization of PvuII polymorphisms between the ovine growth hormoneGH2‐NandGH2‐Zgene copies

1996 • 11 citations

The physiological effects of natural variation in growth hormone gene copy number in ram lambs

1997 • 9 citations

Failure of fasting and changes in plasma metabolites to affect spontaneous fluctuations in plasma concentrations of ovine placental lactogen

1987 • 9 citations

Structural analysis of repetitive DNA sequences in the goat growth hormone gene region.

1991 • 8 citations

Immunomodulation of the growth hormone — IGF-I axis

1995 • 8 citations

Influence of fetal death and fetectomy on gestation and the initiation of parturition in the ewe

1995 • 7 citations

Evaluation of the somatogenic activity of bovine placental lactogen with cell lines transfected with the bovine somatotropin receptor

1999 • 5 citations