Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Alleviates Adverse Consequences of Embryo Culture on Fetal Growth Trajectory and Placental Morphogenesis

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Association between postnatal catch-up growth and obesity in childhood: prospective cohort study

2000 • 1,615 citations

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1999 • 1,139 citations

Perinatal Outcomes in Singletons Following In Vitro Fertilization: A Meta-Analysis

2004 • 1,107 citations

Carleton's Histological technique

1967 • 1,092 citations

The Risk of Major Birth Defects after Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection and in Vitro Fertilization

2002 • 1,084 citations

Fetal origins of hyperphagia, obesity, and hypertension and postnatal amplification by hypercaloric nutrition

2000 • 1,009 citations

Low and Very Low Birth Weight in Infants Conceived with Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology

2002 • 1,004 citations

Association of In Vitro Fertilization with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome and Epigenetic Alterations of LIT1 and H19

2003 • 909 citations

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

2001 • 832 citations

Maternal undernutrition during the preimplantation period of rat development causes blastocyst abnormalities and programming of postnatal hypertension

2000 • 810 citations

Early nutrition, epigenetic changes at transposons and imprinted genes, and enhanced susceptibility to adult chronic diseases

2003 • 788 citations

Differential Effects of Culture on Imprinted H19 Expression in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo1

2000 • 730 citations

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection May Increase the Risk of Imprinting Defects

2002 • 708 citations

Preimplantation embryo development in vitro: cooperative interactions among embryos and role of growth factors.

1990 • 685 citations

Comparative Developmental Anatomy of the Murine and Human Definitive Placentae

2002 • 613 citations

Culture and transfer of human blastocysts increases implantation rates and reduces the need for multiple embryo transfers

1998 • 590 citations

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2001 • 564 citations

Culture and selection of viable blastocysts: a feasible proposition for human IVF?

1997 • 544 citations

Lamb Birth Weight is Affected by Culture System Utilized during in Vitro Pre-Elongation Development of Ovine Embryos

1995 • 449 citations

Selective loss of imprinting in the placenta following preimplantation development in culture

2004 • 432 citations

Fetal undernutrition and disease in later life

1997 • 431 citations

Quiet please, do not disturb: a hypothesis of embryo metabolism and viability

2002 • 387 citations

Differential regulation of mouse embryo development and viability by amino acids

1997 • 374 citations

Rare congenital disorders, imprinted genes, and assisted reproductive technology

2003 • 352 citations

Dietary restriction in pregnant rats causes gender‐related hypertension and vascular dysfunction in offspring

2001 • 329 citations

Blastocyst development and birth after in-vitro maturation of human primary oocytes, intracytoplasmic sperm injection and assisted hatching

1995 • 308 citations

Glucose Tolerance, Insulin Sensitivity, and Insulin Secretion in Children Born Small for Gestational Age

2002 • 267 citations

Genetic insights into trophoblast differentiation and placental morphogenesis

2000 • 264 citations

Peptide growth factors and preimplantation development

1997 • 249 citations

Multiple Mechanisms Regulate Imprinting of the Mouse Distal Chromosome 7 Gene Cluster

1998 • 245 citations

Aberrant methylation patterns at the two‐cell stage as an indicator of early developmental failure

2002 • 245 citations

Seminal plasma regulates endometrial cytokine expression, leukocyte recruitment and embryo development in the pig

2004 • 233 citations

The dangerous road of catch-up growth

2003 • 231 citations

Ammonium Induces Aberrant Blastocyst Differentiation, Metabolism, pH Regulation, Gene Expression and Subsequently Alters Fetal Development in the Mouse

2003 • 230 citations

Epigenetic risks related to assisted reproductive technologies: Epigenetics, imprinting, ART and icebergs?

2003 • 229 citations

Seminal Transforming Growth Factor β1, Stimulates Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Production and Inflammatory Cell Recruitment in the Murine Uterus1

1998 • 228 citations

Uterine Epithelial Cells Synthesize Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor and Interleukin-6 in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Mice1

1992 • 227 citations

Improving the safety of embryo technologies: Possible role of genomic imprinting

2000 • 220 citations

Mash2 Acts Cell Autonomously in Mouse Spongiotrophoblast Development

1997 • 219 citations

Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor promotes human blastocyst development in vitro

1999 • 205 citations

Epigenetic risks related to assisted reproductive technologies: Risk analysis and epigenetic inheritance

2002 • 198 citations

In-utero overgrowth in ruminants following embryo culture: lessons from mice and a warning to men

2000 • 195 citations

The relationship between maternal and offspring birth weights after maternal prenatal famine exposure: the Dutch Famine Birth Cohort Study.

2000 • 184 citations

Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Promotes Glucose Transport and Blastomere Viability in Murine Preimplantation Embryos1

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Demonstration of Functional Cytokine-Placental Interactions: CSF-1 and GM-CSF Stimulate Human Cytotrophoblast Differentiation and Peptide Hormone Secretion

1994 • 166 citations

Fertility Impairment in Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor-Deficient Mice1

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1992 • 147 citations

Ovarian steroid hormones regulate granulocyte-macrophage colony- stimulating factor synthesis by uterine epithelial cells in the mouse

1996 • 142 citations

Blastocysts prepare for the race to be male

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Maternal Food Restriction Reduces the Exchange Surface Area and Increases the Barrier Thickness of the Placenta in the Guinea-pig

2001 • 122 citations

A lifecourse study of risk for hyperinsulinaemia, dyslipidaemia and obesity (the central metabolic syndrome) at age 49–51 years

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Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) Acts Independently of the Beta Common Subunit of the GM-CSF Receptor to Prevent Inner Cell Mass Apoptosis in Human Embryos1

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Viability and growth of mouse embryos after in vitro culture and fusion

1970 • 114 citations

Role of colony stimulating factor‐1 (CSF‐1) and other lympho‐hematopoietic growth factors in mouse pre‐implantation development

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A novel role for GM-CSF: enhancement of pregnancy specific interferon production, ovine trophoblast protein-1.

1993 • 105 citations

The phenotypic heterogeneity of mouse thymic stromal cells.

1990 • 104 citations

Restricted fetal growth and the response to dietary cholesterol in the guinea pig

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1993 • 97 citations

Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in the Endometrial Epithelium of the Cow Is Up-Regulated During Early Pregnancy and in Response to Intrauterine Infusions of Interferon-τ1

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Presence of Amino Acids and Insulin in a Chemically Defined Medium Improves Development of 8-Cell Rat Embryos in Vitro and Subsequent Implantation in Vivo1

1990 • 95 citations

Expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) receptors and selective effect of TNF alpha on the inner cell mass in mouse blastocysts.

1994 • 92 citations

Effect of Interleukin-10 Null Mutation on Maternal Immune Response and Reproductive Outcome in Mice1

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Postimplantation development of mitomycin C‐treated mouse blastocysts

1988 • 80 citations

Stimulatory and Inhibitory Effects of Glucose and Insulin on Rat Blastocyst Development in Vitro

1991 • 70 citations

Human fallopian tube expresses granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and GM-CSF alpha and beta receptors and contain immunoreactive GM-CSF protein.

1994 • 68 citations

Junctional Complexes in the Early Mammalian Embryo

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In Vitro Fertilization Causes Epigenetic Modifications to the Onset of Gene Expression from the Zygotic Genome in Mice1

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Mouse embryos with paternal duplication of an imprinted chromosome 7 region die at midgestation and lack placental spongiotrophoblast

1996 • 58 citations

The role of growth factors in preimplantation development

1995 • 54 citations

The benefits of extended culture

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Altered Placental Development in Interleukin-10 Null Mutant Mice

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Preimplantation access to maternal insulin and albumin increases fetal growth rate in mice

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In vitro treatment of embryos with epidermal growth factor improves viability and increases the implantation rate of blastocysts transferred to recipient mice

1994 • 31 citations

Metabolic and developmental responses of preimplantation embryos to platelet activating factor (PAF)

1992 • 24 citations