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Michael J. Soares is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant focus on subfields such as Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics that characterize their research include:

  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in journals such as Placenta, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Development, and The FASEB Journal.

Recent papers include:

  • ASCL2 reciprocally controls key trophoblast lineage decisions during hemochorial placenta development, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Paradigms for investigating invasive trophoblast cell development and contributions to uterine spiral artery remodeling, 2021, Placenta
  • Extravillous trophoblast cell lineage development is associated with active remodeling of the chromatin landscape, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Modeling Trophoblast Cell-Guided Uterine Spiral Artery Transformation in the Rat, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus alters placental structure, efficiency, and plasticity, 2020, BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care

Michael J. Soares has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Khursheed Iqbal
  • Ayelen Moreno-Irusta
  • Regan L. Scott
  • Kaela M. Varberg
  • Esteban M. Domínguez

Best Publications

  • Gene expression across mammalian organ development

    Margarida Cardoso-Moreira;Margarida Cardoso-Moreira;Jean Halbert;Delphine Valloton;Britta Velten

  • Immune mechanisms at the maternal-fetal interface: perspectives and challenges

    Mercy PrabhuDas;Elizabeth Bonney;Kathleen Caron;Sudhansu Dey

  • Endogenous retroviruses function as species-specific enhancer elements in the placenta

    Edward B Chuong;M A Karim Rumi;Michael J Soares;Julie C Baker

  • The prolactin and growth hormone families: Pregnancy-specific hormones/cytokines at the maternal-fetal interface

    Michael J Soares

  • Placental origins of adverse pregnancy outcomes: potential molecular targets: an Executive Workshop Summary of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

    John V. Ilekis;Ekaterini Tsilou;Susan Fisher;Vikki M. Abrahams

  • Trophoblast cell differentiation: establishment, characterization, and modulation of a rat trophoblast cell line expressing members of the placental prolactin family.

    Teresa N. Faria;Michael J. Soares

  • Gestation stage-dependent intrauterine trophoblast cell invasion in the rat and mouse: novel endocrine phenotype and regulation.

    Rupasri Ain;Lindsey N Canham;Michael J Soares

  • Pregnancy and the Prolactin Family of Hormones: Coordination of Anterior Pituitary, Uterine, and Placental Expression

    Michael J. Soares;Teresa N. Faria;Katherine F. Roby;Santanu Deb

  • RAT PLACENTATION: AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL FOR INVESTIGATING THE HEMOCHORIAL MATERNAL-FETAL INTERFACE

    Michael J. Soares;Damayanti Chakraborty;M.A. Karim Rumi;Toshihiro Konno

  • Permeability properties of monolayers of the human trophoblast cell line BeWo.

    Fei Liu;Michael J. Soares;Kenneth L. Audus

  • Nutrient transport across the placenta.

    Gregory T Knipp;Kenneth L Audus;Michael J Soares

  • The prolactin family: effectors of pregnancy-dependent adaptations

    Michael J. Soares;Toshihiro Konno;S.M. Khorshed Alam

  • Natural killer cells direct hemochorial placentation by regulating hypoxia-inducible factor dependent trophoblast lineage decisions.

    Damayanti Chakraborty;M. A. Karim Rumi;Toshihiro Konno;Michael J. Soares

  • Ontogeny of placental lactogen-I and placental lactogen-II expression in the developing rat placenta☆

    Teresa N. Faria;Santanu Deb;Simon C.M. Kwok;Frank Talamantes

  • Differentiation of trophoblast endocrine cells

    M.J. Soares;B.M. Chapman;C.A. Rasmussen;G. Dai

  • Maternal hypoxia activates endovascular trophoblast cell invasion.

    Gracy X. Rosario;Toshihiro Konno;Michael J. Soares

  • The uteroplacental prolactin family and pregnancy.

    Michael J. Soares;Heiner Müller;Kyle E. Orwig;Thomas J. Peters

  • Localization of placental lactogen-I in trophoblast giant cells of the mouse placenta

    Teresa N. Faria;Linda Ogren;Frank Talamantes;Daniel I. H. Linzer

  • Dexamethasone-induced intrauterine growth restriction impacts the placental prolactin family, insulin-like growth factor-II and the Akt signaling pathway.

    Rupasri Ain;Lindsey N Canham;Michael J Soares

  • The mouse prolactin gene family locus.

    Dustin O. Wiemers;Long-jiang Shao;Rupasri Ain;Guoli Dai

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyle E. Orwig
Kyle E. Orwig University of Pittsburgh
Joan S. Hunt
Joan S. Hunt University of Kansas
Kenneth L. Audus
Kenneth L. Audus University of Kansas
Daniel I. H. Linzer
Daniel I. H. Linzer Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Claude Szpirer
Claude Szpirer Université Libre de Bruxelles
John D. Aplin
John D. Aplin University of Manchester
Philipp Khaitovich
Philipp Khaitovich Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Susan J. Fisher
Susan J. Fisher University of California, San Francisco
Wei Cui
Wei Cui Tsinghua University
Göran Levan
Göran Levan University of Gothenburg

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