Title | Human Embryogenesis [electronic resource] : Methods and Protocols / edited by Cathy Vaillancourt, Julie Lafond |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-009-0 |
Descript | X, 312 p. online resource |
Introduction: What is Human Embryogenesis? -- Human Embryogenesis: Overview -- Studying Embryo Implantation: From Trophoblasts to Embryo -- Differential Gene Expression in the Uterus and Blastocyst During the Reactivation of Embryo Development in a Model of Delayed Implantation -- Coculture of Decidua and Trophoblast to Study Proliferation and Invasion -- Isolation and Culture of Term Human Cytotrophoblast Cells and In Vitro Methods for Studying Human Cytotrophoblast Cells’ Calcium Uptake -- Endocrinology and Cell Signaling in Human Villous Trophoblast -- Gestation-Induced Uterine Vascular Remodeling -- Steriodogenesis and Reproductive System -- Placental and Fetal Steroidogenesis -- Current Methods in Investigating the Development of the Female Reproductive System -- A Revised and Improved Method for the Isolation of Seminiferous Tubule-Enriched Fractions that Preserves the Phosphorylated and Glycosylated Forms of Proteins -- A Novel Technical Approach for the Measurement of Individual ACAT-1 and ACAT-2 Enzymatic Activity in the Testis -- From Embryo to Fetal Development -- Genetic Dissection of Caenorhabditis elegans Embryogenesis Using RNA Interference and Flow Cytometry -- Immune System: Maturation of Myeloid Cells -- Functional Development of Human Fetal Gastrointestinal Tract -- Renal and Cardiac Na+–K+-ATPase and Aconitase in a Rat Model of Fetal Programming -- Embryotoxicity, in Vitro Fertilization, Cloning, and Ethics -- Assessment of Embryotoxicity Using Mouse Embryo Culture -- Fertilization In Vitro -- Animal Cloning by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer -- The Human Embryo: Ethical and Legal Aspects