Research Focus

Developmental biology of mammalian embryos during periimplantation

Selected Recent Publications

Miki Takeuchi, Misato Seki M, Etsuko Furukawa, Akihito Takahashi, Kyosuke Saito, Mitsuru Kobayashi M, Kenji Ezoe, Emiko Fukui, Midori Yoshizawa, Hiromichi Matsumoto. Improvement of implantation potential in mouse blastocysts derived from IVF (in vitro fertilization) by combined treatment with prolactin, epidermal growth factor, and 4-hydroxyestradiol. Molecular Human Reproduction. 23: 557-370, 2017.

Hiromichi Matsumoto：Molecular and cellular events during blastocyst implantation in the receptive uterus: clues from mouse models. Journal of Reproduction and Development. 63: 445-454, 2017.

Akihito Takahashi, Ajalli Rahim, Miki Takeuchi, Emiko Fukui, Midori Yoshizawa, Kuniaki Mukai, Makoto Suematsu M, Hidetoshi Hasuwa H, Masaru Okabe, Hiromichi Matsumoto. Impaired female fertility in tubulointerstitial antigen-like 1-deficient mice. Journal of Reproduction and Development. 62: 43-49, 2016.

Hiromichi Matsumoto, Emiko Fukui, Midori Yoshizawa：Molecular and cellular events involved in the completion of blastocyst implantation. Reproductive Medicine and Biology. 15: 53-58, 2016.

Kyosuke Saito, Etsuko Furukawa1, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Emiko Fukui, Midori Yoshizawa, and Hiromichi Matsumoto. Degradation of estrogen receptor α in activated blastocysts is associated with implantation in the delayed　implantation mouse model. Molecular Human Reproduction. 20: 384-391, 2014.