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This transcriptomic analysis demonstrated\n                    <jats:italic>Nr2f2<\/jats:italic>\n                    ablation in\n                    <jats:italic>Pgr<\/jats:italic>\n                    -expressing cells leads to a reduction of\n                    <jats:italic>Hand2<\/jats:italic>\n                    expression, increased levels of\n                    <jats:italic>Hand2<\/jats:italic>\n                    downstream effectors\n                    <jats:italic>Fgf1<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Fgf18<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and a transcriptome manifesting suppressed progesterone signaling with an altered immune baseline. ChIPseq analysis conducted on the Day 3.5 pregnant mouse uterus for NR2F2 demonstrated the majority of NR2F2 occupies genomic regions that have H3K27ac and H3K4me1 histone modifications, including the loci of major uterine transcription regulators\n                    <jats:italic>Hand2<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Egr1<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Zbtb16<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Furthermore, functional analysis of an NR2F2 occupying site that is conserved between human and mouse was capable to enhance endogenous\n                    <jats:italic>HAND2<\/jats:italic>\n                    mRNA expression with the CRISPR activator in human endometrial stroma cells. These data establish the NR2F2 dependent regulation of\n                    <jats:italic>Hand2<\/jats:italic>\n                    in the stroma and identify a cis-acting element for this action. 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