Dr. rer. nat. Rainer Fürbaß

Unhatched bovine blastocysts express all transcripts of the estrogen biosynthetic pathway, but steroid hormone synthesis could not yet be demonstrated [epublished ahead of print]. DOMEST ANIM ENDOCRIN

Gene expression profiles of bovine uninucleate trophoblast cells and trophoblast giant cells: a data note. BMC Res Notes 13: 115, 1-3

Trophoblast cell differentiation in the bovine placenta: Differentially expressed genes between uninucleate trophoblast cells and trophoblast giant cells are involved in the composition and remodeling of the extracellular matrix and O-glycan biosynthesis. BMC Mol Cell Biol 21: 1, 1-12

Placental contribution to the endocrinology of gestation and parturition. Anim Reprod 15 (Suppl. 1): 822-842

Estrogen-specific sulfotransferase SULT1E1 in bovine placentomes: predominant expression in uninucleated trophoblast cells balances the local availability of estrogens. In: 15th Day of the Doctoral Student : abstracts, 13 May 2014 Dummerstorf (Schriftenreihe / Leibniz-Institut für Nutztierbiologie , 23) (Christa Kühn, Gunther Viereck, Hrsg.): 13-16

Estrogen-specific sulfotransferase (SULT1E1) in bovine placentomes: inverse levels of mRNA and protein in uninucleated trophoblast cells and trophoblast giant cells . Biol Reprod 91 (2): 48-56

Evaluation of coding-independent functions of the transcribed bovine aromatase pseudogene CYP19P1. BMC Res Notes 7: 378-383

The bovine genome contains three differentially methylated paralogous copies of the P450c17 encoding gene (CYP17A1). Gen Comp Endocr 170 (3): 475-479

The preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge is followed by downregulation of CYP19A1, HSD3B1 and CYP17A1 and chromatin condensation of the corresponding promoters in bovine follicles. Mol Reprod Dev 77: 1040-1048

Epigenetic control of folliculogenesis and luteinization. Anim Reprod 7 (3): 134-139

Upstream Stimulating Factors 1 and 2 Enhance Transcription from the Placenta-Specific Promoter 1.1 of the Bovine Cyp19 Gene. BMC Mol Biol 11: 5

DNA methylation is not involved in preovulatory down-regulation of CYP11A1, HSD3B1, and CYP19A1 in bovine follicles but may have a role in permanent silencing of CYP19A1 in large granulosa lutein cells. Biol Reprod 82 (2): 289-298

Down-regulation of genes encoding steroidogenic enzymes and hormone receptors in late preovulatory follicles of the cow coincides with an accumulation of intrafollicular steroids. DOMEST ANIM ENDOCRIN 37 (1): 45-54

DNA methylation of placenta-specific Cyp19 promoters of cattle and sheep. Exp Clin Endocr Diab 116 (7): 437-442

Cultured bovine trophoblast cells differentially express genes encoding key steroid synthesis enzymes. Placenta 29 (6): 531-538

DNA methylation and chromatin accessibility of the proximal Cyp19 promoter region 1.5/2 correlate with expression levels in sheep placentomes. Mol Reprod Dev 75 (1): 1-7

Repression of the aromatase gene (CYP19) during luteinization coincides with DANN methylation of a specific CpG dinucleotide within promoter 2. In: Proc. 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (Comm.11-11):

Alleles of the bovine DGAT1 variable number of tandem repeat associated with a milk fat QTL at chromosome 14 can stimulate gene expression. Physiol Genomics 25 (1): 116-120

Exogenous somatotropin alters IGF axis in porcine endometrium and placenta. DOMEST ANIM ENDOCRIN 29 (3): 457-475

Promoter-2-derived Cyp19 expression in bovine granulosa cells coincides with gene-specific DNA hypo-methylation. Mol Cell Endocrinol 233 (1-2): 57-64