Introduction

Due to the paucity of reviews on this subject, this volume aims to be timely and promote additional basic and translational research on these proteins in reproductive system development and function within the fields of Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology. The breadth of the work being conducted within Reproduction is exemplified by the contributors to this series who will provide reviews on: Grp78 roles in female reproduction, small heat shock proteins/co-chaperones as players in uterine smooth muscle function, the role of heat shock proteins in sperm function and maternal contribution to oogenesis and early embryogenesis, heat shock factors and testes development, HSP90 in ovarian biology and pathology, and the role of HSP70 in regulation of autophagy in pregnancy and parturition. 

Keywords

HSPH HSPA HSP60 reproductive system development uterine smooth muscle function oogenesis early embryogenesis

Editors and affiliations

1.Dept. of Veterinary Biomed. SciencesUniversity of SaskatchewanSaskatoonCanada Bibliographic information Book Title The Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Reproductive System Development and Function Editors Daniel J. MacPhee
Series Title Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology Series Abbreviated Title Advs Anatomy DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51409-3 Copyright Information Springer International Publishing AG 2017 Publisher Name Springer, Cham eBook Packages Medicine Medicine (R0) Softcover ISBN 978-3-319-51408-6 eBook ISBN 978-3-319-51409-3 Series ISSN 0301-5556 Series E-ISSN 2192-7065 Edition Number 1 Number of Pages IX, 155 Number of Illustrations 45 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour Topics Protein Science
Reproductive Medicine