Baton pass hypothesis: successive incorporation of unconserved endogenous retroviral genes for placentation during mammalian evolution

Retroviral envelope gene captures andsyncytinexaptation for placentation in marsupials

(2015) Guillaume Cornelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sirh7/Ldoc1 knockout mice exhibit placental P4 overproduction and delayed parturition

(2014) M. Naruse et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Dysfunction of Bovine Endogenous Retrovirus K2 Envelope Glycoprotein Is Related to Unsuccessful Intracellular Trafficking

(2014) Y. Nakaya et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Retroviral envelope syncytin capture in an ancestrally diverged mammalian clade for placentation in the primitive Afrotherian tenrecs

(2014) G. Cornelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamic Evolution of Endogenous Retrovirus-Derived Genes Expressed in Bovine Conceptuses during the Period of Placentation

(2013) So Nakagawa et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Fematrin-1 Is Involved in Fetomaternal Cell-to-Cell Fusion in Bovinae Placenta and Has Contributed to Diversity of Ruminant Placentation

(2013) Y. Nakaya et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Paleovirology of 'syncytins', retroviral env genes exapted for a role in placentation

(2013) C. Lavialle et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Captured retroviral envelope syncytin gene associated with the unique placental structure of higher ruminants

(2013) Guillaume Cornelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A novel human endogenous retroviral protein inhibits cell-cell fusion

(2013) Jun Sugimoto et al.   Scientific Reports

Endogenous retroviruses: acquisition, amplification and taming of genome invaders

(2013) Marie Dewannieux et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

Differential Evolutionary Fate of an Ancestral Primate Endogenous Retrovirus Envelope Gene, the EnvV Syncytin, Captured for a Function in Placentation

(2013) Cécile Esnault et al.   PLoS Genetics

PHYSIOLOGY AND ENDOCRINOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: Biological role of interferon tau in endometrial function and conceptus elongation12

(2012) P. Dorniak et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

From ancestral infectious retroviruses to bona fide cellular genes: Role of the captured syncytins in placentation

(2012) A. Dupressoir et al.   PLACENTA

Ancestral capture of syncytin-Car1, a fusogenic endogenous retroviral envelope gene involved in placentation and conserved in Carnivora

(2012) G. Cornelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenomic datasets provide both precision and accuracy in estimating the timescale of placental mammal phylogeny

(2012) M. dos Reis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Expression of endogenous retrovirus-like transcripts in bovine trophoblastic cells

(2011) K. Koshi et al.   PLACENTA

GCM1 Regulation of the Expression of Syncytin 2 and Its Cognate Receptor MFSD2A in Human Placenta1

(2010) Ching-Yeu Liang et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Identification of Novel Endogenous Betaretroviruses Which Are Transcribed in the Bovine Placenta

(2010) K. Baba et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Syncytin-A knockout mice demonstrate the critical role in placentation of a fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, envelope gene

(2009) A. Dupressoir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CD9 regulates transcription factor GCM1 and ERVWE1 expression through the cAMP/protein kinase A signaling pathway

(2009) Yoshikage Muroi et al.   REPRODUCTION

Comparative aspects of implantation

(2009) Fuller W Bazer et al.   REPRODUCTION

Identification of an endogenous retroviral envelope gene with fusogenic activity and placenta-specific expression in the rabbit: a new "syncytin" in a third order of mammals

(2009) Odile Heidmann et al.   Retrovirology

The Evolution, Regulation, and Function of Placenta-Specific Genes

(2008) Saara M. Rawn et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Functional Characterization of the Human Placental Fusogenic Membrane Protein Syncytin 21

(2008) Chie-Pein Chen et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Endogenous retroviruses

(2008) F. Arnaud et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Role of retrotransposon-derived imprinted gene, Rtl1, in the feto-maternal interface of mouse placenta

(2008) Yoichi Sekita et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The evolution of animal chemosensory receptor gene repertoires: roles of chance and necessity

(2008) Masatoshi Nei et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Turning a hobby into a job: How duplicated genes find new functions

(2008) Gavin C. Conant et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Cellular Localization of Placenta-Specific Human Endogenous Retrovirus (HERV) Transcripts and their Possible Implication in Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension

(2008) W. Kudaka et al.   PLACENTA

A placenta-specific receptor for the fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, human syncytin-2

(2008) C. Esnault et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Evolution of the DLK1-DIO3 Imprinted Domain in Mammals

(2008) Carol A Edwards et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY