AMH and AMH receptor defects in persistent Müllerian duct syndrome.

abstract：:Maternal use of marijuana, in which the exocannabinoid Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol is the most active psychoactive ingredient, is known to have adverse effects on various aspects of reproduction including ovulation, spermatogenesis, implantation and pregnancy duration. Endogenous cannabinoids of which Anandamide is ...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Taylor AH,Ang C,Bell SC,Konje JC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca(2+) is a ubiquitous intracellular messenger which encodes information by temporal and spatial patterns of concentration. In spermatozoa, several key functions, including acrosome reaction and motility, are regulated by cytoplasmic Ca(2+) concentration. Despite the very small size and apparent structural simplicity ...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Jimenez-Gonzalez C,Michelangeli F,Harper CV,Barratt CL,Publicover SJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicocele is often cited as the most common cause of male factor infertility. Arguments in support of this statement include reports of increased prevalence of varicocele in populations of infertile men compared with fertile or otherwise unselected men, association of varicocele with abnormal semen parameters, and im...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Redmon JB,Carey P,Pryor JL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been hypothesized that certain obstetrical populations, including women who conceive using assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and women with multiple births, may be at increased risk for postpartum depression. In this systematic literature review, we examine the published evidence for this hypot...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Ross LE,McQueen K,Vigod S,Dennis CL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite great advances in assisted reproductive technology, poor ovarian response (POR) is still considered as one of the most challenging tasks in reproductive medicine. OBJECTIVE AND RATIONALE:The aim of this systemic review is to evaluate the role of different adjuvant treatment strategies on the probabi...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang C,Shu J,Guo J,Chang HM,Leung PCK,Sheng JZ,Huang H

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Syncytin is a membrane protein derived from the envelope gene of an endogenous retrovirus of the HERV-W family. The gene appears to be almost exclusively expressed in placenta; the protein was found in particular in syncytiotrophoblast. After transfection into various cell types it has proven to be a very fusogenic pr...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Pötgens AJ,Drewlo S,Kokozidou M,Kaufmann P

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leiomyomata represent the most common gynaecological tumour in women of reproductive age, and are the primary indication for hysterectomy in the USA. Cytogenetic and genetic studies have, in recent years, advanced our understanding of the aetiology of these tumours. Cytogenetic aberrations involving chromosomes 6, 7, ...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Ligon AH,Morton CC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infertility is estimated to affect as many as 186 million people worldwide. Although male infertility contributes to more than half of all cases of global childlessness, infertility remains a woman's social burden. Unfortunately, areas of the world with the highest rates of infertility are often those with p...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Inhorn MC,Patrizio P

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estrogens are known to orchestrate reproductive events and to regulate the immune system during infections and following tissue damage. Recent findings suggest that, in the absence of any danger signal, estrogens trigger the physiological expansion and functional specialization of macrophages, which are immu...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Pepe G,Locati M,Della Torre S,Mornata F,Cignarella A,Maggi A,Vegeto E

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The examination of fetal cells, specifically erythroblasts, and cell-free fetal DNA from the blood of pregnant women is currently the subject of intense research with the aim of developing new risk-free methods for prenatal diagnosis. An unexpected finding made during these studies was that the traffic of fetal erythr...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Hahn S,Holzgreve W

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide, placenta-related complications contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction and preterm birth, with implications for the future health of mothers and offspring. The placenta develops in the periconception period and forms the interface between mother an...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Reijnders IF,Mulders AGMGJ,van der Windt M,Steegers EAP,Steegers-Theunissen RPM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activins are members of the pleiotrophic family of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) superfamily of cytokines, initially isolated for their capacity to induce the release of FSH from pituitary extracts. Subsequent research has demonstrated that activins are involved in multiple biological functions...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Wijayarathna R,de Kretser DM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The drug research and development (R&D) for endometriosis/adenomyosis has been painfully slow. Most completed clinical trials on endometriosis did not publish their results, and presumably failed. While few published trials did report how they foundered, the reasons why they failed are often completely uncle...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Guo SW,Groothuis PG

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal contraception has become more effective and more widely used, while the world population has grown from 3000 million in 1960 to 6000 million in 2000. There is a need for improved contraception, because legal abortion is used in a high proportion of pregnancies and illegal abortion continues to be common in so...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors：

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant association between endometriosis, including minor endometriosis, and infertility (or strictly subfertility) is shown by prevalence studies, but a causal relationship has not been established. This review focuses on evidence for pituitary-ovarian dysfunction as a cause for the subfertility. A methodologica...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Cahill DJ,Hull MG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the male genital tract, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated by spermatozoa and leukocytes including neutrophils and macrophages. ROS are involved in the regulation of sperm functions such as capacitation and the acrosome reaction. Infections lead to an excessive ROS production, resulting in an 'oxidative bu...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Ochsendorf FR

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-density lipoprotein (HDL) appears to be the dominant lipoprotein particle in human follicular fluid (FF). The reported anti-atherogenic properties of HDL have been attributed in part to reverse cholesterol transport. The discoveries of the scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) and the ATP-binding ca...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Fujimoto VY,Kane JP,Ishida BY,Bloom MS,Browne RW

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relatively recent discoveries of the hormone disrupting properties of some pesticides have raised interest in how contemporary pesticide exposures, which primarily take the form of low level environmental or occupational exposures, impact spermatogenesis. The objective of the present review was to summarize results to...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Perry MJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hirsutism is the presence of excess body or facial terminal (coarse) hair growth in females in a male-like pattern, affects 5-15% of women, and is an important sign of underlying androgen excess. Different methods are available for the assessment of hair growth in women. METHODS:We conducted a literature se...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Yildiz BO,Bolour S,Woods K,Moore A,Azziz R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women suffer a higher incidence of osteoporosis than men, in part due to oestrogen deficiency after menopause. In fact, the administration of oestrogen to post-menopausal women is associated with a decrease of bone resorption. Tamoxifen is a widely used selective oestrogen receptor modulator in women with breast cance...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Díez JL

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early during human development, the trophoblast lineage differentiates to commence placentation. Where the placenta contacts the uterine decidua, extravillous trophoblast (EVT) cells differentiate and invade maternal tissues. EVT cells, identified by expression of HLA-G, invade into uterine blood vessels (en...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Moser G,Drewlo S,Huppertz B,Armant DR

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The signals and mechanisms that synchronize the timing of human parturition remain a mystery and a better understanding of these processes is essential to avert adverse pregnancy outcomes. Although our insights into human labor initiation have been informed by studies in animal models, the timing of parturition relati...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Menon R,Bonney EA,Condon J,Mesiano S,Taylor RN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is considered primarily a disease of the endometrial-subendometrial unit or archimetra. The clinical picture of endometriosis characterises this disease as a hyperactivation of genuine archimetrial functions such as proliferation, inflammatory defence and peristalsis. While the aetiology of the disease r...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Leyendecker G,Kunz G,Noe M,Herbertz M,Mall G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the relationship of features of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos and the associated oocyte and follicle to the outcome of transfer. It differs from previous studies in including a range of features (n = 53) and in using class probability tree analysis. This is a non-parametric multivariate ...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Saith RR,Srinivasan A,Michie D,Sargent IL

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homocysteine, a product of the methionine cycle, is known to play an important role in cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders and embryology, and in very important, fast growing fields concerning obstetrics and gynaecology. Therefore, we attempted an actual overview on possible obstetrical and gynaecological ...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Obwegeser R,Hohlagschwandtner M,Sinzinger H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review addresses research on gamete donors, recipients, and offspring and demonstrates that the foci on all three within the triad are largely directed at disclosure or anonymity; and each in turn centers on the perceived importance of the genetic link. The importance attached to genetics has led some countries t...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： van den Akker O

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined aspects of the fine structure of the basal laminae associated with the luminal and glandular epithelium and small blood vessels in the human endometrium. Four short studies are presented and reviewed. Study 1 examined biopsies from 20 fertile women taken on days after the luteinizing hormone surge (LH...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Dockery P,Khalid J,Sarani SA,Bulut HE,Warren MA,Li TC,Cooke ID

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is an established marker of ovarian reserve and a good predictor of poor or excessive ovarian response after controlled hyperstimulation. However, it is unclear whether it can predict the ultimate outcome of assisted conception, live birth. We undertook a systematic review and me...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Iliodromiti S,Kelsey TW,Wu O,Anderson RA,Nelson SM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate whether the addition of GnRH agonist for luteal support in ICSI/IVF cycles enhances the probability of live birth. METHODS:Systematic literature search (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL and RCT registries) was conducted to identify relevant randomi...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Kyrou D,Kolibianakis EM,Fatemi HM,Tarlatzi TB,Devroey P,Tarlatzis BC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Angiogenesis, i.e. the development of new blood vessels from pre-existing ones, represents an integral part in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. During the last decade, an increasing number of studies have therefore focused on the anti-angiogenic treatment of the disease. The present review provides a syst...

journal_title：Human reproduction update

authors： Laschke MW,Menger MD

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00