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Reproductive Physiology and Disease
Guest edited by Professor Ying Cheong and A/Professor Carlos Salomon
What mechanisms contribute to our reproductive biology and how and why do things go wrong? This new themed collection in Clinical Science brings together original research papers and comprehensive reviews from experts in the field investigating reproductive biology and how this can lead to disease. Topics covered include ovarian function, spermatogenesis, hypothalamic pituitary function, fertility, hormone function, placental function and more.
We would like to thank all the authors for their excellent contributions, and we hope you enjoy reading this special collection.

Brian D. Piccolo; Athena Chen; Samantha Louey; Kent L.R. Thornburg; Sonnet S. Jonker
Overexpression of the LAT1 in primary human trophoblast cells increases the uptake of essential amino acids and activates mTOR signaling
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Fredrick J. Rosario; Johann Urschitz; Theresa L. Powell; Thomas L. Brown; Thomas Jansson
G-protein-coupled receptor MAS deletion produces a preeclampsia-like phenotype in FVB/N mice
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Renata Lúcia Vieira Pimentel; Janaína Félix Braga; Elizabeth Portugal Pimenta Velloso; Roberto Queiroga Lautner; Marilene Luzia de Oliveira; Mihail Todiras; Natalia Alenina; Michael Bader; Felipe Gaia de Sousa; Suzane Lilian Beier; RAS Santos
Ling Zhang; Wenyu Zou; Yongyan Hu; Honghua Wu; Ying Gao; Junqing Zhang; Jia Zheng
Kanyada Koysombat; Waljit S. Dhillo; Ali Abbara
Mechanistic insights into the development of severe fetal growth restriction
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Diane L. Gumina; Emily J. Su
Maternal glucagon-like peptide-1 is positively associated with fetal growth in pregnancies complicated with obesity
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Jerad H. Dumolt; Fredrick J. Rosario; Avery C. Kramer; Stacee Horwitz; Theresa L. Powell; Thomas Jansson
Jesrine Hong; Sailesh Kumar
The biodistribution of placental and fetal extracellular vesicles during pregnancy following placentation
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Matthew Kang; Cherie Blenkiron; Lawrence W. Chamley
The role of extracellular vesicles in intercellular communication in human reproduction
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Javier Gonzalez Fernandez; Javier Moncayo Arlandi; Ana Ochando; Carlos Simon; Felipe Vilella
A comprehensive characterization of cell-free RNA in spent blastocyst medium and quality prediction for blastocyst
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Huajuan Shi; Min Pan; Erteng Jia; Wenxiang Lu; Ying Zhou; Yuqi Sheng; Xiangwei Zhao; Lingbo Cai; Qinyu Ge
Perfused rat term placenta as a preclinical model to investigate placental dopamine and norepinephrine transport
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Hana Horackova; Veronika Vachalova; Cilia Abad; Rona Karahoda; Frantisek Staud
The importance of placental lipid metabolism across gestation in obese and non-obese pregnancies
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Kyle M. Siemers; Michelle L. Baack
Small extracellular vesicles: a new player in GDM pathogenesis
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Agafe Bless Reyes; Dylan Burger
Toluwalase Awoyemi; Ana Sofia Cerdeira; Wei Zhang; Shuhan Jiang; Maryam Rahbar; Prassana Logenthiran; Christopher Redman; Manu Vatish
Stress signaler p38 mitogen-activated kinase activation: a cause for concern?
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Enkhtuya Radnaa; Lauren Richardson; Brett Goldman; Jared K. Burks; Tuvshintugs Baljinnyam; Natasha Vora; Hui-juan Zhang; Elizabeth A. Bonney; Arum Han; Ramkumar Menon
Laura B James-Allan; Frederick J Rosario; Lana Madi; Kelsey Barner; Soumyalekshmi Nair; Andrew Lai; Flavio Carrion; Theresa L Powell; Carlos Salomon; Thomas Jansson
Human placental lipid content and lipid metabolic enzyme abundance in obesity and across gestation
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Katie L. Bidne; Charis Uhlson; Claire Palmer; Karin Zemski-Berry; Theresa L. Powell