Loss of progesterone receptor in smooth muscle cells has no impact on oviductal contractions and preimplantation embryo development†

Biol Reprod. 2025 May 13;112(5):786-788. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioaf042.

Emily A McGlade^{1

2}, Jiude Mao¹, Kalli K Stephens³, Cayce N Rose¹, John P Lydon⁴, Wipawee Winuthayanon^{1

3}

¹ Department of OB/GYN & Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.
² Reproductive & Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
³ Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.
⁴ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: contraction; fertility; oviduct; progesterone receptor; smooth muscle cell.

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