Platelet-derived growth factor BB and DD and angiopoietin1 are altered in follicular fluid from polycystic ovary syndrome patients.

abstract：:Fertilization in Bufo arenarum requires the sperm to penetrate the egg envelopes. The incubation of isolated vitelline envelopes with sperm induces the acrosome reaction, releasing proteases and glycosidases to the media. In the present work N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, beta-D-galactosidase, beta-D-glucosidase, al...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Martínez ML,Martelotto L,Cabada MO

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetics includes the study of external factors that can influence the expression of genes by altering the accessibility of DNA through methylation. To investigate the epigenetic influence of season, sperm head shape, and semen storage on placental and fetal tissues, pregnancies were generated in the summer or wint...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rempel LA,Krautkramer MM,Parrish JJ,Miles JR

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we demonstrated that lines of transgenic mice carrying the herpes simplex type 1 virus thymidine kinase (HSV1-tk) reporter gene are male-sterile. Ectopic transcription of the HSV1-tk reporter in the testis was initiated downstream of the normal translation initiation codon and truncated proteins consistent ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ellison AR,Wallace H,al-Shawi R,Bishop JO

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The red wolf (Canis rufus) is an endangered species with 194 individuals remaining in the wild and in various captive facilities. Breeding efforts at the Graham, WA site (Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium) have involved artificial insemination with fresh or frozen semen in an effort to increase population and maximize t...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Koehler JK,Platz CC Jr,Waddell W,Jones MH,Smith R,Behrns S

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to elucidate the relationship between protein tyrosine phosphorylation state and sperm characteristics in frozen-stored spermatozoa of Japanese Black bulls. The spermatozoa were washed with PBS containing polyvinyl alcohol and then incubated with cell-permeable cAMP analog cBiMPS to induce fl...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Harayama H,Nishijima K,Murase T,Sakase M,Fukushima M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study self-renewal, genetic modification, and differentiation of avian spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs), we isolated chicken SSCs from fetal testes on the 16th hatching day via enzyme digestion, and then cultured the SSCs over 2 months after purification in vitro. SSCs were identified by alkaline phosphatase staini...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yu F,Ding LJ,Sun GB,Sun PX,He XH,Ni LG,Li BC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the expression and regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) PPARdelta gene in mouse uterus during early pregnancy by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. PPARdelta expression under pseudopregnancy, delayed implantation, hormonal treatment, and arti...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ding NZ,Teng CB,Ma H,Ni H,Ma XH,Xu LB,Yang ZM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrosome reduction during spermiogenesis has been studied using anti-gamma-tubulin and anti-centrin antibodies and electron microscopy in nonhuman primates. Rhesus spermatids possess apparently normal centrosomes comprising a pair of centrioles associated with gamma-tubulin and centrin. However, they do not nucleate...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Manandhar G,Schatten G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial metabolic capacity and DNA replication have both been shown to affect oocyte quality, but it is unclear which one is more critical. In this study, immature oocytes were treated with FCCP or ddC to independently inhibit the respective mitochondrial metabolic capacity or DNA replication of oocytes during i...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ge H,Tollner TL,Hu Z,Dai M,Li X,Guan H,Shan D,Zhang X,Lv J,Huang C,Dong Q

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In poikilothermic vertebrates, sex determination is sometimes influenced by environmental factors such as temperature. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying environmental sex determination. The medaka (Oryzias latipes) is a teleost fish with an XX/XY sex determination system. Recently, it ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hayashi Y,Kobira H,Yamaguchi T,Shiraishi E,Yazawa T,Hirai T,Kamei Y,Kitano T

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cumulus cells that surround the mammalian oocyte become dispersed following the preovulatory surge of the pituitary gonadotropin, luteinizing hormone (LH). We have examined cumulus-oocyte complexes of PMSG-primed immature rats before and at 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 hr after injection of human chorionic gonadotropin (h...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Phillips DM,Dekel N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myricetin is a natural flavonoid, particularly enriched in red wines, whose occurrence is widespread among plants. Despite extensive research, the beneficial effects of Myricetin on human health are still controversial. Here, we tested the estrogen-like effect of the phytoestrogen Myricetin on human ejaculated sperm b...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Aquila S,Santoro M,De Amicis F,Guido C,Bonofiglio D,Lanzino M,Cesario MG,Perrotta I,Sisci D,Morelli C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence of ionic changes involved in initiation of acrosomal exocytosis in capacitated mouse spermatozoa was investigated. Earlier studies demonstrated that a large influx of Na+ is required for exocytosis, this Na+ apparently being associated with an increase in intracellular pH (pHi) via an Na(+)-H+ exchanger. ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Fraser LR

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse cDNA encoding a putative DNA-binding protein of the zinc-finger type was isolated from an E8.5 mouse embryonic cDNA library. Sequence comparison revealed a high degree of homology between this mouse cDNA and the human and rat orphan receptor Tr2-11 isolated from prostate cDNA libraries. This transcript was det...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lee CH,Chang L,Wei LN

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence and possible role of products of nuclear (c-fos and c-jun) and c-ras proto-oncogenes were investigated in preimplantation embryonic development in mice. Polyclonal antibodies to c-fos or c-jun proto-oncogene products did not affect development of in vitro-cultured embryos from two-cell to morula or from m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ahmad K,Naz RK

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that, during mouse oocyte maturation, specific maternal mRNAs (actins) are deadenylated, while others (hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase:HPRT) are adenylated. As in other systems, these changes can be correlated with changes in translational activities. Maturation-specific polyadenylation in ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Paynton BV,Bachvarova R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of reactive oxygen species production on the motility parameters, DNA integrity, acid phosphatase activity, and protein tyrosine phosphorylation in spermatozoa of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) was investigated. Spermatozoa were exposed to different concentrations of xanthine and xanthine oxidase (X-XO) ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Gazo I,Shaliutina-Kolešová A,Dietrich MA,Linhartová P,Shaliutina O,Cosson J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the origin of the sperm motility inhibitor (SPMI) from boar seminal plasma. SPMI was measured by its capacity to inhibit the motility of demembranated spermatozoa and by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Among the various reproductive and now reproductive tissues and fluids tested, onl...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Iwamoto T,Tanaka H,Osada T,Shinagawa T,Osamura Y,Gagnon C

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproductive tract environment at conception programs the developmental trajectory of the embryo, sets the course of pregnancy, and impacts offspring phenotype and health. Despite the fundamental importance of this stage of reproduction, the rate-limiting regulatory mechanisms operating locally to control fertilit...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Robertson SA,Zhang B,Chan H,Sharkey DJ,Barry SC,Fullston T,Schjenken JE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that aberrant expression of IL-12p40, which is encoded by the interleukin-12B (IL-12B) gene, may be involved in the development of endometriosis. In this study, we investigated the role of aberrant methylation of the IL-12B promoter region and its associated expression in the development of ovarian ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhao W,Kang S,Zhao J,Wang L,Cao S,Li Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that the viability of early mammalian embryos is associated with a metabolism that is "quiet" rather than "active" (Leese HJ, 2002:BioEssays 24:845-849). The data on which this hypothesis was based were largely drawn from measurements on the depletion and appearance of amino acids from the culture...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Baumann CG,Morris DG,Sreenan JM,Leese HJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to evaluate if DNA hypomethylation in cells used as karyoplasts would improve development of bovine nuclear transplantation (NT) embryos. DNA from serum-fed (SF), serum-starved (SS), and 1, or 5 microM 5-azacytidine (5-aza-CR) treated cells was digested with a methylation sensitive e...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jones KL,Hill J,Shin TY,Lui L,Westhusin M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These experiments were designed to test the effects of an electrofusion and an electroporation pulse on bovine sperm-hamster egg development. In experiment 1, single motile sperm were injected into the perivitelline space of each egg. A 4,500 V/cm, 30 microseconds fusion pulse (FP) was applied while sperm-egg membrane...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rickords LF,White KL,Wiltbank JN

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis shows that Sry mRNA is expressed in male fetal urogenital ridges from 12.5 day p.c. embryos, but not in enriched populations of primordial germ cells from the same embryos, indicating that Sry is expressed in the somatic cells of the embryonal gonad at ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rossi P,Dolci S,Albanesi C,Grimaldi P,Geremia R

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential culture and coculture are two methods of improving the development of preimplantation embryos in vitro. Direct comparison of the efficiency of these methods is limited. Proliferation and apoptosis determine the total number of blastomere in preimplantation embryo, which is a sensitive parameter for evaluati...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xu JS,Chan ST,Lee WW,Lee KF,Yeung WS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internally fertilizing primitive frog Ascaphus truei (family Ascaphidae) from the Pacific Northwest is the only frog with an intromittent organ. The more advanced neobatrachian frog Eleutherodactylus coqui (family Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico has secondarily acquired internal fertilization but mates by cloaca...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kasinsky HE,Frehlick LJ,Su HW,Ausio J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of synthetic arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD)-containing peptides to induce intracellular calcium transients similar to those observed at fertilization by spermatozoa in the bovine has been reported (Campbell et al., 2000: Biol Reprod 62:1702-1709; Sessions et al., 2006. Mol Reprod Dev). These results ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： White KL,Passipieri M,Bunch TD,Campbell KD,Pate B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen plays an important role in the human reproductive system and its action is mediated mainly by two specific receptors: α (ERα) and β (ERβ). There are polymorphic variants in both ER genes, and studies showed their association with reproductive outcomes. We aimed to determine the distribution of ERα and ERβ gen...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Bianco B,Peluso C,Gava MM,Ghirelli-Filho M,Lipay MV,Lipay MA,Christofolini DM,Barbosa CP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of chimeras, by use of cell transplantation, has proved to be highly valuable in studies of development by providing insights into cell fate, differentiation, and developmental potential. So far, chimeric honeybees have been created by nuclear transfer technologies. We have developed protocols to produc...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Bergem M,Norberg K,Roseth A,Meuwissen T,Lien S,Aamodt RH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the effect of treating pig oocytes during in vitro maturation (IVM) with a proteasome inhibitor, MG132, on oocyte maturation and embryonic development. In one series of experiments, oocytes from medium-sized follicles (3-8 mm in diameter) were untreated (MCO) or treated with ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： You J,Kim J,Lee H,Hyun SH,Hansen PJ,Lee E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00