Y.P. Zhu's scientific contributions

Publications (3)

Article
This review provides evidence for the involvement of platelet activating factor (PAF) in the several facets of pregnancy establishment. A comprehensive literature review and new data. PAF has a role in spermatozoal function, fertilization, embryo development, and implantation. PAF is intimately involved in conception.
Article
This study measured platelet-activating factor (PAF) production of in vitro and in vivo fertilized murine embryos to ascertain whether site of fertilization impacted subsequent embryonic PAF production. Oocytes and embryo were collected from stimulated B6D2F1 mice. PAF production throughout the preimplantation phase from the two-celled stage throug...

Citations

... GP6 signaling is involved in platelet activation and collagen binding (Semeniak et al., 2016). Plateletactivating factor (PAF) plays a role in embryo viability and pregnancy (Ripps et al., 1993;Roudebush et al., 2002). ...
... The interaction between the blastocyst and endometrium begins immediately following entry of the embryo into the endometrial cavity and prior to active penetration of the endometrium by the developing blastocyst (6). In this respect, it has been reported that embryo-specific signaling is present prior to the embryo entering the endometrial cavity and making intimate contact with the endometrium (7)(8)(9)(10). ...