| | Debates Reinstatement of "germinal epithelium" of the ovary Takashi Nishida and Naoyo Nishida PMCID: PMC1560142 Can luteal regression be reversed? Carlos M Telleria PMCID: PMC1637134 Reviews Is there a relationship between sperm chromosome abnormalities and sperm morphology? Fei Sun, Evelyn Ko, and Renée H Martin PMCID: PMC1395314 The use of digit ratios as markers for perinatal androgen action Matthew H McIntyre PMCID: PMC1409789 The role of steroids in follicular growth Ann E Drummond PMCID: PMC1459164 Contributions of androgen and estrogen to fetal programming of ovarian dysfunction David H Abbott, Vasantha Padmanabhan, and Daniel A Dumesic PMCID: PMC1459165 Regulation of the ovarian follicular vasculature Hamish M Fraser PMCID: PMC1459163 Oocyte-granulosa cell interactions during mouse follicular development: regulation of kit ligand expression and its role in oocyte growth Fiona H Thomas and Barbara C Vanderhyden PMCID: PMC1481519 Regulation of ovulation rate in mammals: contribution of sheep genetic models Stéphane Fabre, Alice Pierre, Philippe Mulsant, Loys Bodin, Elisa Di Pasquale, Luca Persani, Philippe Monget, and Danielle Monniaux PMCID: PMC1524776 Smad signalling in the ovary Noora Kaivo-oja, Luke A Jeffery, Olli Ritvos, and David G Mottershead PMCID: PMC1459162 Evidence of a local negative role for cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART), inhibins and low molecular weight insulin like growth factor binding proteins in regulation of granulosa cell estradiol production during follicular waves in cattle Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Fermin Jimenez-Krassel, James J Ireland, and George W Smith PMCID: PMC1459166 Calcium ion currents mediating oocyte maturation events Elisabetta Tosti PMCID: PMC1475868 Pesticide exposure: the hormonal function of the female reproductive system disrupted? Reini W Bretveld, Chris MG Thomas, Paul TJ Scheepers, Gerhard A Zielhuis, and Nel Roeleveld PMCID: PMC1524969 Three-dimensional ultrasound assessment of endometrial receptivity: a review Juan Luis Alcázar PMCID: PMC1647280 Molecular patterns of sex determination in the animal kingdom: a comparative study of the biology of reproduction Panagiota Manolakou, Giagkos Lavranos, and Roxani Angelopoulou PMCID: PMC1660543 Editorial Novel aspects in the regulation of follicular development and ovulation rate: forum introduction Jennifer L Juengel PMCID: PMC1458344 Research Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression in human endometrium: implications for long term progestin only contraception Frederick Schatz, Graciela Krikun, Rebecca N Baergen, Hilary OD Critchley, Edward Kuczynski, and Charles J Lockwood PMCID: PMC1403781 Progesterone improves the number and quality of hormone induced Fowler toad (Bufo fowleri) oocytes Robert K Browne, Hong Li, Jessica Seratt, and Andrew Kouba PMCID: PMC1373633 Studies of the role of steroid hormone in the regulation of oocyte maturation in cattle Hai Feng Wang, Naoki Isobe, Kanako Kumamoto, Hideaki Yamashiro, Yasuhisa Yamashita, and Takato Terada PMCID: PMC1409790 The proximal promoter region of mTert is sufficient to regulate telomerase activity in ES cells and transgenic animals Eva Pericuesta, Miguel Angel Ramírez, Ana Villa-Diaz, Aroa Relaño-Gines, Juan Maria Torres, Marta Nieto, Belen Pintado, and Alfonso Gutiérrez-Adán PMCID: PMC1402293 Two unrelated putative membrane-bound progestin receptors, progesterone membrane receptor component 1 (PGMRC1) and membrane progestin receptor (mPR) beta, are expressed in the rainbow trout oocyte and exhibit similar ovarian expression patterns Brigitte Mourot, Thaovi Nguyen, Alexis Fostier, and Julien Bobe PMCID: PMC1373632 Identification, cloning and functional characterization of novel beta-defensins in the rat (Rattus norvegicus) Suresh Yenugu, Vishnu Chintalgattu, Christopher J Wingard, Yashwanth Radhakrishnan, Frank S French, and Susan H Hall PMCID: PMC1420305 Expression of early transcription factors Oct-4, Sox-2 and Nanog by porcine umbilical cord (PUC) matrix cells Ryan Carlin, Duane Davis, Mark Weiss, Bruce Schultz, and Deryl Troyer PMCID: PMC1373634 Effects of chronic exposure to sodium arsenite on hypothalamo-pituitary-testicular activities in adult rats: possible an estrogenic mode of action Kuladip Jana, Subarna Jana, and Prabhat Kumar Samanta PMCID: PMC1397838 The acute asymmetric effects of hemiovariectomy on testosterone secretion vary along the estrous cycle. The participation of the cholinergic system Angélica Flores, Jorge O Rodríguez, María T Palafox, Griselda Meléndez, Ana I Barco, Roberto Chavira, M Esther Cruz, and Roberto Domínguez PMCID: PMC1448196 Zygote arrest 1 gene in pig, cattle and human: evidence of different transcript variants in male and female germ cells Svetlana Uzbekova, Monica Roy-Sabau, Rozenn Dalbiès-Tran, Christine Perreau, Pascal Papillier, Florence Mompart, Aurore Thelie, Sophie Pennetier, Juliette Cognie, Veronique Cadoret, Dominique Royere, Philippe Monget, and Pascal Mermillod PMCID: PMC1435755 Estrogen receptors alpha and beta in rat placenta: detection by RT-PCR, real time PCR and Western blotting Maie D Al-Bader PMCID: PMC1450289 Comparative maturation of cynomolgus monkey oocytes in vivo and in vitro Hang Yin, Diane M Duffy, and Roger G Gosden PMCID: PMC1482709 Identification, cloning and functional characterization of novel sperm associated antigen 11 (SPAG11) isoforms in the rat Suresh Yenugu, Katherine G Hamil, Gail Grossman, Peter Petrusz, Frank S French, and Susan H Hall PMCID: PMC1524968 Prolonged labour associated with lower expression of syndecan 3 and connexin 43 in human uterine tissue Ann Hjelm Cluff, Birgitta Byström, Aurelija Klimaviciute, Camilla Dahlqvist, Gvido Cebers, Anders Malmström, and Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg PMCID: PMC1475867 Sexually dimorphic gene expression that overlaps maturation of type II pneumonocytes in fetal mouse lungs Marc Simard, Pierre R Provost, and Yves Tremblay PMCID: PMC1513230 Identification of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-inducible genes in human amniotic epithelial cells Yumiko Abe, Hiromitsu Sinozaki, Takeshi Takagi, Takashi Minegishi, Koichi Kokame, Kenji Kangawa, Miki Uesaka, and Kaoru Miyamoto PMCID: PMC1557667 Prostate response to prolactin in sexually active male rats Maria Elena Hernandez, Abraham Soto-Cid, Fausto Rojas, Luz I Pascual, Gonzalo E Aranda-Abreu, Rebeca Toledo, Luis I Garcia, Andres Quintanar-Stephano, and Jorge Manzo PMCID: PMC1524775 Corticotropin-releasing hormone, its binding protein and receptors in human cervical tissue at preterm and term labor in comparison to non-pregnant state Aurelija Klimaviciute, Jacopo Calciolari, Emma Bertucci, Susanne Abelin-Tornblöm, Ylva Stjernholm-Vladic, Birgitta Byström, Felice Petraglia, and Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg PMCID: PMC1513580 The subplacenta of the red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina L) Rosangela Felipe Rodrigues, Anthony M Carter, Carlos Eduardo Ambrosio, Tatiana Carlesso dos Santos, and Maria Angelica Miglino PMCID: PMC1501023 Coordinated elevation of membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase and matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression in rat uterus during postpartum involution Kengo Manase, Toshiaki Endo, Mitunobu Chida, Kunihiko Nagasawa, Hiroyuki Honnma, Kiyohiro Yamazaki, Yoshimitu Kitajima, Taeko Goto, Mika Kanaya, Takuhiro Hayashi, Toshihiro Mitaka, and Tsuyoshi Saito PMCID: PMC1538602 Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) activates extracellular signal-regulated kinase phosphorylation independently of beta-arrestin- and dynamin-mediated FSH receptor internalization Vincent Piketty, Elodie Kara, Florian Guillou, Eric Reiter, and Pascale Crepieux PMCID: PMC1524777 Hormonal priming, induction of ovulation and in-vitro fertilization of the endangered Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri) Robert K Browne, Jessica Seratt, Carrie Vance, and Andrew Kouba PMCID: PMC1524778 Identification of differential gene expression in in vitro FSH treated pig granulosa cells using suppression subtractive hybridization A Bonnet, PO Frappart, P Dehais, G Tosser-Klopp, and F Hatey PMCID: PMC1533831 Detection of estrogen receptors ER-alpha and ER-beta in human ejaculated immature spermatozoa with excess residual cytoplasm Vittoria Rago, Laura Siciliano, Saveria Aquila, and Amalia Carpino PMCID: PMC1550242 FSH regulates acetycholine production by ovarian granulosa cells Artur Mayerhofer, Lars Kunz, Annette Krieger, Becky Proskocil, Eliot Spindel, Abraham Amsterdam, Gregory A Dissen, Sergio R Ojeda, and Ignaz Wessler PMCID: PMC1557511 Recombinant versus highly-purified, urinary follicle-stimulating hormone (r-FSH vs. HP-uFSH) in ovulation induction: a prospective, randomized study with cost-minimization analysis Alberto Revelli, Francesca Poso, Gianluca Gennarelli, Federica Moffa, Giuseppina Grassi, and Marco Massobrio PMCID: PMC1550405 Identification of new participants in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) oocyte maturation and ovulation processes using cDNA microarrays Julien Bobe, Jerôme Montfort, Thaovi Nguyen, and Alexis Fostier PMCID: PMC1570352 Novel missense mutations of the Deleted-in-AZoospermia-Like (DAZL) gene in infertile women and men Joyce Y Tung, Mitchell P Rosen, Lawrence M Nelson, Paul J Turek, John S Witte, Daniel W Cramer, Marcelle I Cedars, and Renee A Reijo-Pera PMCID: PMC1557510 Comparison of RCAS1 and metallothionein expression and the presence and activity of immune cells in human ovarian and abdominal wall endometriomas Lukasz Wicherek, Magdalena Dutsch-Wicherek, Krystyna Galazka, Tomasz Banas, Tadeusz Popiela, Agata Lazar, and Beata Kleinrok-Podsiadlo PMCID: PMC1574328 The role of the muscarinic system in regulating estradiol secretion varies during the estrous cycle: the hemiovariectomized rat model María E Cruz, Angélica Flores, María T Palafox, Griselda Meléndez, Jorge O Rodríguez, Roberto Chavira, and Roberto Domínguez PMCID: PMC1564398 Valproate, thalidomide and ethyl alcohol alter the migration of HTR-8/SVneo cells Ujjwal K Rout PMCID: PMC1592099 Presence of sensory nerve corpuscles in the human corpus and cervix uteri during pregnancy and labor as revealed by immunohistochemistry Berith K Tingaker, Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg, and Sture Forsgren PMCID: PMC1569833 Bacterial lipopolysaccharide induces apoptosis in the trout ovary Simon MacKenzie, Nuria Montserrat, Mario Mas, Laura Acerete, Lluis Tort, Aleksei Krasnov, Frederick W Goetz, and Josep V Planas PMCID: PMC1570353 Tissue- and hormone- dependent progesterone receptor distribution in the rat uterus Lena Sahlin, Britt Masironi, Sonja Åkerberg, and Håkan Eriksson PMCID: PMC1586009 Possible involvement of integrin-mediated signalling in oocyte activation: evidence that a cyclic RGD-containing peptide can stimulate protein kinase C and cortical granule exocytosis in mouse oocytes Carla Tatone and Maria Cristina Carbone PMCID: PMC1592494 Identification of estrogen-regulated genes by microarray analysis of the uterus of immature rats exposed to endocrine disrupting chemicals Eui-Ju Hong, Se-Hyung Park, Kyung-Chul Choi, Peter CK Leung, and Eui-Bae Jeung PMCID: PMC1594574 Co-activator p120 is increased by gonadotropins in the rat ovary and enhances progesterone receptor activity Miki Yoshino, Tetsuya Mizutani, Kazuya Yamada, Takashi Yazawa, Hiroko Ogata-Kawata, Toshio Sekiguchi, Takashi Kajitani, and Kaoru Miyamoto PMCID: PMC1617106 Effects of 3-beta-diol, an androgen metabolite with intrinsic estrogen-like effects, in modulating the aquaporin-9 expression in the rat efferent ductules Patrícia Picciarelli-Lima, André G Oliveira, Adelina M Reis, Evanguedes Kalapothakis, Germán AB Mahecha, Rex A Hess, and Cleida A Oliveira PMCID: PMC1615873 Activin B can signal through both ALK4 and ALK7 in gonadotrope cells Daniel J Bernard, Katharine B Lee, and Michelle M Santos PMCID: PMC1617107 Development to the blastocyst stage, the oxidative state, and the quality of early developmental stage of porcine embryos cultured in alteration of glucose concentrations in vitro under different oxygen tensions Ni Wayan Kurniani Karja, Kazuhiro Kikuchi, Mokhamad Fahrudin, Manabu Ozawa, Tamás Somfai, Katsuhiko Ohnuma, Junko Noguchi, Hiroyuki Kaneko, and Takashi Nagai PMCID: PMC1636643 Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of retrotransposons IAP and MuERV-L affect pluripotency of mice ES cells Miguel A Ramírez, Eva Pericuesta, Raul Fernandez-Gonzalez, Pedro Moreira, Belen Pintado, and Alfonso Gutierrez-Adan PMCID: PMC1636644 Effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) on blood vessels area and expression of the angiogenic factors VEGF and TGFbeta1 in the rat ovary Marcela Julio-Pieper, Hernán E Lara, Javier A Bravo, and Carmen Romero PMCID: PMC1665630 Effects of bovine spermatozoa preparation on embryonic development in vitro Marko Samardzija, Martina Karadjole, Iva Getz, Zdenko Makek, Marijan Cergolj, and Tomislav Dobranic PMCID: PMC1647281 Investigation of de novo cholesterol synthetic capacity in the gonads of goldfish (Carassius auratus) exposed to the phytosterol beta-sitosterol Rainie L Sharpe, Melissa Drolet, and Deborah L MacLatchy PMCID: PMC1664568 Effects of in vitro fertilization and embryo culture on TRP53 and Bax expression in B6 mouse embryos Vashe Chandrakanthan, Aiqing Li, Omar Chami, and Christopher O'Neill PMCID: PMC1687191 Influence of mycotoxin zearalenone and its derivatives (alpha and beta zearalenol) on apoptosis and proliferation of cultured granulosa cells from equine ovaries Fiorenza Minervini, Alessandra Giannoccaro, Francesca Fornelli, Maria Elena Dell'Aquila, Paolo Minoia, and Angelo Visconti PMCID: PMC1697814 Differential expression of members of the E2F family of transcription factors in rodent testes Kame S El-Darwish, Martti Parvinen, and Jorma Toppari PMCID: PMC1698920 Differentiation-specific action of orphan nuclear receptor NR5A1 (SF-1): transcriptional regulation in luteinizing bovine theca cells Norbert Walther, Martina Jansen, Wasima Akbary, and Richard Ivell PMCID: PMC1764747 Effects of a single administration of prostaglandin F2alpha, or a combination of prostaglandin F2alpha and prostaglandin E2, or placebo on fertility variables in dairy cows 3–5 weeks post partum, a randomized, double-blind clinical trial Gaby Hirsbrunner, Heinz W Burkhardt, and Adrian Steiner PMCID: PMC1764748 The celiac ganglion modulates LH-induced inhibition of androstenedione release in late pregnant rat ovaries Marilina Casais, Silvia M Delgado, Zulema Sosa, Carlos M Telleria, and Ana M Rastrilla PMCID: PMC1769501 ICI 182,780 has agonistic effects and synergizes with estradiol-17 beta in fish liver, but not in testis Patrícia IS Pinto, Pratap B Singh, João B Condeça, Helena R Teodósio, Deborah M Power, and Adelino VM Canário PMCID: PMC1769500 |
