reproductive system
• treatment of female homozygotes with estrogen plus progesterone results in a progesterone-dependent increase in uterine epithelial proliferation over that observed with estrogen alone
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• following treatment with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin and human chorionic gonadotropin, female homozygotes produce a reduced number of oocytes relative to superovulated wild-type females
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• defective uterine implantation is associated with loss of progesterone-regulated expression of a subset of uterine epithelial target genes associated with receptivity
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• uteri of superovulated female homozygotes fail to exhibit decidualization of stromal cells in response to traumal stimulation
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• female homozygotes appear normal but are infertile
• matings between superovulated female homozygotes and wild-type males fail to result in successful pregnancies although a small number of oocytes is released in mutant females
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endocrine/exocrine glands
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• following estrogen and progesterone treatment, ovariectomized female homozygotes display normal thoracic mammary gland development with extensive hormone-dependent ductal branching and multiple alveolar lobules, as well as normal proliferation and differentiation of the mammary epithelium in response to progesterone
• also, estrogen- and progesterone-treated ovariectomized female homozygotes exhibit normal thymic involution relative to similarly-treated wild-type females
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embryo
• uteri of superovulated female homozygotes fail to exhibit decidualization of stromal cells in response to traumal stimulation
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