Gonadotrophin-induced gene regulation in human granulosa cells obtained from IVF patients. Modulation of steroidogenic genes, cytoskeletal genes and genes coding for apoptotic signalling and protein kinases.

abstract：:Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease with a certain genetic background, but the locations of possible genomic aberrations are still poorly clarified. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), which is a surface glycoprotein that promotes adhesion in immunological and inflammatory reactions, seems to play a role...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Viganò P,Infantino M,Lattuada D,Lauletta R,Ponti E,Somigliana E,Vignali M,DiBlasio AM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the impact of sperm DNA damage on fertility has become an important issue. The different technologies developed to check sperm DNA fragmentation lead to the same conclusion: DNA damage negatively impacts upon reproductive processes. Oocyte DNA repair capacity is one of the cues to understanding embryo...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： El-Mouatassim S,Bilotto S,Russo GL,Tosti E,Menezo Y

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imprinted genes are characterized by expression of only one of the two alleles according to its inheritance from the mother or the father. This mono-allelic expression must arise from primary differential epigenetic modification of the parental alleles of the imprinted gene in the spermatozoon and the oocyte. Most of ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Salpekar A,Huntriss J,Bolton V,Monk M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granzyme B (graB) plays a pivotal role in cytotoxic lymphocyte granule-mediated apoptosis through cleavage of intracellular proteins in target cells. Proteinase inhibitor-9 (PI-9) is a potent inhibitor of graB and is highly expressed in cytotoxic lymphocytes. Here, we show by immunohistochemistry that PI-9 is also abu...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Hirst CE,Buzza MS,Sutton VR,Trapani JA,Loveland KL,Bird PI

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of its distinctive ability to act as a mitogen, a mitogen and a morphogen, hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) has all the characteristics of a molecule able to function in regulatory networks of motility, such as the spermatogenic epithelium, and this through binding of its receptor p190MET (C-ME...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Depuydt CE,Zalata A,de Potter CR,van Emmelo J,Comhaire FH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemistry was used to localize endothelial (eNOS) and inducible (iNOS) nitric oxide synthase in human uterine tissues collected at various stages of the menstrual cycle, after exposure to exogenous progestagens, and in early pregnancy. Endothelial NOS-like immunoreactivity was detected in all specimens in en...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Telfer JF,Irvine GA,Kohnen G,Campbell S,Cameron IT

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor OCT-4 is regarded as a critical factor in controlling mammalian early embryonic development because of its role in toti-/pluripotency. In human preimplantation embryos, OCT-4 studies are limited to RNA analysis of abnormally developing embryos. This study thoroughly investigated the expression...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Cauffman G,Van de Velde H,Liebaers I,Van Steirteghem A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) frequently acquire recurrent chromosomal abnormalities, very reminiscent of those found in cancerous cells. Given the parallels between cancer and stem cell biology, we set out to investigate the occurrence of a common form of genome instability in tumors, namel...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Nguyen HT,Markouli C,Geens M,Barbé L,Sermon K,Spits C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complete hydatidiform mole (CHM) is an abnormal pregnancy with hyperproliferative vesicular trophoblast and no fetal development. Most CHM are sporadic and androgenetic, but recurrent HM have biparental inheritance (BiHM) with disrupted DNA methylation at differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of imprinted loci. S...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Kou YC,Shao L,Peng HH,Rosetta R,del Gaudio D,Wagner AF,Al-Hussaini TK,Van den Veyver IB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early embryonic development is characterized by drastic changes in chromatin structure that affects the accessibility of the chromatin. In human, the chromosome reorganization and its involvement in the first linage segregation are poorly characterized due to the difficulties in obtaining human embryonic material and ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Yang M,Tao X,Titus S,Zhao T,Scott RT,Seli E

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human chromosome deletions in Yq11 seem to occur frequently as de novo mutation events in men with idiopathic azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia. However, the molecular extensions of these deletions are variable. They can be large and therefore visible under the microscope or small, not visible under the microscope...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Vogt PH

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1 or CXCL12) is the physiologic ligand for the chemokine receptor CXCR4. CXCR4-mediated signalling regulates cell migration and apoptosis in certain haematopoietic and neuronal cells. Using gene profiling, we determined that CXCR4 is the only chemokine receptor for which mRNA express...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Jaleel MA,Tsai AC,Sarkar S,Freedman PV,Rubin LP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetically, uterine leiomyomata are the best investigated human tumours. The most frequent clonal abnormalities are structural rearrangements involving 12q14-15 and deletions of part of the long arm of chromosome 7. The present study investigated a possible growth advantage conferred by these abnormalities, when ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Hennig Y,Deichert U,Bonk U,Thode B,Bartnitzke S,Bullerdiek J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated an association between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the dinucleotide repeat microsatellite marker D19S884, which is located in intron 55 of the fibrillin-3 (FBN3) gene. Fibrillins, including FBN1 and 2, interact with latent transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta-binding protein...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Prodoehl MJ,Hatzirodos N,Irving-Rodgers HF,Zhao ZZ,Painter JN,Hickey TE,Gibson MA,Rainey WE,Carr BR,Mason HD,Norman RJ,Montgomery GW,Rodgers RJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun kinase (SAPK/JNK) is thought to be necessary for preimplantation embryonic development (Maekawa et al., 2005). However, media increases SAPK/JNK phosphorylation and these levels negatively correlate with embryonic development (Wang et al., 2005). Culture-induced stress could confu...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Xie Y,Puscheck EE,Rappolee DA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pool of primordial follicles in humans is laid down during embryonic development and follicles can remain dormant for prolonged intervals, often decades, until individual follicles resume growth. The mechanisms that induce growth and maturation of primordial follicles are poorly understood but follicles once activ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Markholt S,Grøndahl ML,Ernst EH,Andersen CY,Ernst E,Lykke-Hartmann K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In women with premature ovarian failure, fertility may be preserved by ovarian tissue culture in vitro. However, techniques for tissue culture and follicle maturation have remained suboptimal. Our aim was to characterize ovarian tissue degeneration in cultures and to establish a model for cell death research in cultur...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Otala M,Erkkilä K,Tuuri T,Sjöberg J,Suomalainen L,Suikkari AM,Pentikäinen V,Dunkel L

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are important regulators of reproductive functions. Significant amounts of interleukin-6 (IL-6) have been detected in the serum and ascites of patients with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). These findings suggest the involvement of IL-6 as a mediator in the pathogenesis of OHSS. This study was perfo...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Keck C,Rajabi Z,Pfeifer K,Bettendorf H,Brandstetter T,Breckwoldt M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelium lining the epididymis in the male reproductive tract maintains a luminal environment that promotes sperm cell maturation. This process is dependent on the coordinated expression of many genes that encode proteins with a role in epithelial transport. We previously generated genome-wide maps of open chrom...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Browne JA,Yang R,Song L,Crawford GE,Leir SH,Harris A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rapid and specific differential amplification system which can detect five of the most common cystic fibrosis mutations from a single cell. In the first round of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), regions of exons 4, 10 and 11 of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene conta...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Scobie G,Woodroffe B,Fishel S,Kalsheker N

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human endometrium is a cyclically regenerating organ under the influence of ovarian steroid hormones. Disturbances in this highly coordinated regulation of endometrial proliferation and differentiation may result in infertility and diseases such as endometriosis and endometrial cancer. Environmental toxins belongi...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Willing C,Peich M,Danescu A,Kehlen A,Fowler PA,Hombach-Klonisch S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins (PG) E2 and F2 alpha are produced by the human corpus luteum in significant amounts and they are known to exert local luteotrophic and luteolytic effects respectively. The present study determined how PGE2 and PGF2 alpha are involved in the regulation of inhibin A, a granulosa cell-derived glycoprotein ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Erämaa M,Ritvos O

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before the advent of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) semen preparation techniques focused on the need to sustain the fertilizing potential of the spermatozoa particularly by reducing oxidative stress. However, for severely oligozoospermic patients treated by ICSI, sperm preparation protocols are used which aim...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Twigg J,Irvine DS,Houston P,Fulton N,Michael L,Aitken RJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1), one member of the GST family, is responsible for metabolism of xenobiotics and carcinogens. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) plays an important role in the oxidation and activation of carcinogens and nitric oxide. Allelic variants of GSTM1 and MPO gene polymorphisms might impair detoxificati...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Hsieh YY,Chang CC,Tsai FJ,Lin CC,Chen JM,Tsai CH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of interferon-gamma on indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, a tryptophan catabolizing enzyme, was studied in cultured human placental chorionic villi. The activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase was markedly stimulated by interferon-gamma in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Interferon-alpha and interfero...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Kudo Y,Boyd CA,Sargent IL,Redman CW

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the participation of amphiregulin (AREG) and bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) during maturation of bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) on cumulus cell function and their impact on subsequent embryo development. AREG treatment of COCs enhanced blastocyst formation and quality only when in th...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Sugimura S,Ritter LJ,Sutton-McDowall ML,Mottershead DG,Thompson JG,Gilchrist RB

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory receptors are G protein-coupled transmembrane receptors. Genes encoding olfactory receptors constitute a large gene family of approximately 1000 total member genes. In mammals, a subset of member genes is specifically expressed in the testis (and not in the olfactory mucosa) and olfactory receptor proteins h...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Goto T,Salpekar A,Monk M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Success rate in human pregnancies is believed to be very low and sex-specific mechanisms may operate in prenatal loss. Assuming a sex-differential in prenatal loss exists, we examined genetic markers in biologically plausible targets in the HLA complex, other immune system-related and iron-regulatory genes in 388 heal...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Ucisik-Akkaya E,Davis CF,Do TN,Morrison BA,Stemmer SM,Amadio WJ,Dorak MT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the 'common' name for a range of hereditary peripheral neuropathies. CMT1 is the most common form and is transmitted in an autosomal dominant manner. CMT1A maps to chromosome 17p11.2 and is caused, in the majority of cases, by a 1.5 Mb DNA duplication, that includes the peripheral ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： De Vos A,Sermon K,De Rijcke M,Goossens V,Henderix P,Van Ranst N,Platteau P,Lissens W,Devroey P,Van Steirteghem A,Liebaers I

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No phenotypic effect is observed in most inversion heterozygotes. However, reproductive risks may occur in the form of infertility, spontaneous abortions or chromosomally unbalanced children as a consequence of meiotic recombination between inverted and non-inverted chromosomes. An odd number of crossovers within the ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Chantot-Bastaraud S,Ravel C,Berthaut I,McElreavey K,Bouchard P,Mandelbaum J,Siffroi JP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00