Differential analyses of the transcriptomic phenomena within porcine adenohypophysis during early pregnancy

The aim of this study was to gain a principal understanding of alterations within the transcriptome, spliceosome and editome in the pituitary of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica L.), which controls basic physiological processes in the reproductive system, during early pregnancy. In this investigation, we performed extensive analyses of data obtained by high-throughput sequencing of RNA from the gilts' pituitary anterior lobes during embryo implantation and the mid-luteal phase of the estrous cycle, as a stage of the cycle with similar corpus luteum secretory activity to gestation.