Effects of SAPK/JNK inhibitors on preimplantation mouse embryo development are influenced greatly by the amount of stress induced by the media.

abstract：:Mitotic centromere-associated kinesin (MCAK) is an ATP-dependent microtubule (MT) depolymerase regulated by Aurora kinase (AURK) phosphorylation and implicated in resolution of improper MT attachments in mitosis. Distribution of MCAK was studied in oocyte maturation by anti-MCAK antibody, anti-tubulin antibody, anti-A...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Vogt E,Sanhaji M,Klein W,Seidel T,Wordeman L,Eichenlaub-Ritter U

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate patterns of gene expression in placental samples from patients with preeclampsia (PE), persistent bilateral uterine artery notching (without PE), and normal controls. This study included placental tissue from nine women with PE, seven with uncomplicated pregnancies and five wit...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Hansson SR,Chen Y,Brodszki J,Chen M,Hernandez-Andrade E,Inman JM,Kozhich OA,Larsson I,Marsál K,Medstrand P,Xiang CC,Brownstein MJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibin production has been demonstrated in malignant epithelial ovarian tumours, but secretion of inhibins by benign cystadenoma has not yet been reported. The present study evaluated the concentrations of inhibin A and inhibin B and the relationship with oestradiol and nitric oxide metabolites in fluid collected fro...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Reis FM,Faletti A,Luisi S,Bifulco G,Cauci S,Quadrifoglio F,Dor J,Petraglia F

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm capacitation is a maturation event that takes place in the female reproductive tract and is essential for fertilization. A family of phospholipid-binding proteins present in bovine seminal plasma (BSP proteins) binds the sperm membrane at ejaculation and promotes bovine sperm capacitation. Homologues of these pr...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Lefebvre J,Fan J,Chevalier S,Sullivan R,Carmona E,Manjunath P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal membranes overlying the cervix in patients prior to and during labour, and within the rupture tear after spontaneous delivery at term, exhibit altered morphology. In this study we report that in comparison to mid-zone fetal membranes biopsies, these regions are characterized by increased expression of the matric...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： McParland PC,Bell SC,Pringle JH,Taylor DJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to prostaglandins, inflammatory cytokines induce uterine contraction via oxytocin (OT). Placental leucine aminopeptidase (P-LAP), an oxytocinase that is identical to cystine aminopeptidase, destroys OT activity. Patients with spontaneous preterm delivery have higher concentrations of inflammatory cytokines...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Ikoma Y,Nomura S,Ito T,Katsumata Y,Nakata M,Iwanaga K,Okada M,Kikkawa F,Tamakoshi K,Nagasaka T,Tsujimoto M,Mizutani S

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-33, a newly described member of the IL-1 family, has been reported to facilitate primary tumor progression and metastatic dissemination. However, its biological function on decidual stromal cells (DSCs) remains unclear. In this study, we tested the hypothesis whether IL-33 promotes proliferation and i...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Hu WT,Li MQ,Liu W,Jin LP,Li DJ,Zhu XY

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:Follicular prostaglandin concentrations increase following the gonadotrophin surge in domestic animals and rodents approximately 10 h before follicle rupture, suggesting a unifying role for prostaglandins in the timing of ovulation. However, little is known about prostaglandin production by the primate ovulatory folli...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Duffy DM,Stouffer RL

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During early gestation, a considerable increase in different leukocyte subsets can be observed in the decidualized endometrium concomitantly to the invasion of cytotrophoblast cells (CTB). To date, it is still in question which factors induce this accumulation of immune cells and whether it is evoked by an in situ pro...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Segerer SE,Martignoni F,Bogdan A,Müller N,Kapp M,Dietl J,Rieger L,Kämmerer U

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In early gestation, the human placental renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is upregulated and plays a role in placental development. Among other functions, signalling through the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) initiates proliferation. Many microRNAs (miRNAs) targeting placental RAS mRNAs are downregulated at this t...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Arthurs AL,Lumbers ER,Pringle KG

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of adhesion molecules and matrix proteins by human spermatozoa as well as their binding to and penetration of zona-free hamster eggs were investigated in 17 patients by means of flow cytometry. Both binding and penetration of hamster oocytes and expression of alpha- and beta-chains of beta 1, beta 3 and...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Henkel R,Schaller J,Glander HJ,Schill WB

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FAF1 was initially isolated as a Fas-associated factor and was subsequently found to interact with a subset of additional proteins that are involved in many cellular events including Fas-mediated apoptosis, heat shock signalling pathways and ubiquitin-dependent processes. Here, we describe that the 74-kDa FAF1 is ubiq...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Adham IM,Khulan J,Held T,Schmidt B,Meyer BI,Meinhardt A,Engel W

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports demonstrating the presence of messenger RNAs for sperm-specific nucleoproteins, the protamines PRM-1, PRM-2, and the transition protein TP-1 as well as beta-actin, c-MYC, HLA1, and beta 1 integrin have challenged the accepted view of the transcriptional dormance of terminally differentiated spermatozoa...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Miller D

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PKDREJ is a testis-specific protein thought to be located on the sperm surface. Functional studies in the mouse revealed that loss of PKDREJ has effects on sperm transport and the ability to undergo an induced acrosome reaction. Thus, PKDREJ has been considered a potential target of post-copulatory sexual selection in...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Vicens A,Gómez Montoto L,Couso-Ferrer F,Sutton KA,Roldan ER

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the interest of classifying cases of male factor infertility, we have paid particular attention to the sugar ligand binding properties of the human sperm surface and the functional capacity of the acrosome for exocytosis--key parameters for assessing sperm fertilizing ability. Zona recognition and binding involve t...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Benoff S,Hurley IR,Mandel FS,Cooper GW,Hershlag A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In oocytes, cytoplasmic 3' polyadenylation regulates translational activation of dormant mRNA during meiotic maturation. Thus exogenous proteins are hardly expressed after injection of conventional RNA. To circumvent this, we synthesized a long polyadenylated (approximately 250 A) tail to encode RNA with an enhanced y...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Aida T,Oda S,Awaji T,Yoshida K,Miyazaki S

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:Analysis of small numbers of chromosomes using interphase fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) probes has revealed that 50% of human preimplantation embryos contain abnormal cells. Detection of high levels of mosaicism with so few probes has led some researchers to extrapolate that a full analysis of all 23 pairs ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Wells D,Delhanty JD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY QUESTION:What is the association between placental formyl peptide receptor 2 (FPR2) and trophoblast and endothelial functions in pregnancies affected by foetal growth restriction (FGR)? SUMMARY ANSWER:Reduced FPR2 placental expression in idiopathic FGR results in significantly altered trophoblast differentiation...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Lappas M,McCracken S,McKelvey K,Lim R,James J,Roberts CT,Fournier T,Alfaidy N,Powell KL,Borg AJ,Morris JM,Leaw B,Singh H,Ebeling PR,Wallace EM,Parry LJ,Dimitriadis E,Murthi P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease type 1A is an autosomal dominant peripheral neuropathy characterized by slow progressive distal muscle wasting and weakness, and decreased nerve conduction velocities. Most CMT1A cases (>98%) are caused by a duplication of a 1.5 Mb region on the short arm of chromosome 17 containing t...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： De Vos A,Sermon K,Van de Velde H,Joris H,Vandervorst M,Lissens W,Mortier G,De Sutter P,Löfgren A,Van Broeckhoven C,Liebaers I,Van Steirteghem A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene, TSG23/Tsg23, was identified by comparing the expression profiles of human adult and fetal testis using Affymetrix Genechips. RT-PCR analysis from multiple human and mouse tissues indicated TSG23/Tsg23 mRNA was mainly expressed in the testis. In situ hybridization revealed that TSG23/Tsg23 mRNA was locate...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Zhou Y,Qin D,Tang A,Zhou D,Qin J,Yan B,Diao R,Jiang Z,Cai Z,Gui Y

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human endometrium is the major organ that produces glycodelin A (GdA). The production of endometrial GdA causes a fluctuation of the peripheral glycodelin concentrations in women during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. It has recently been reported that the rise of plasma concentrations of glycodelin is correlated w...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Tseng L,Zhu HH,Mazella J,Koistinen H,Seppälä M

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Nitric oxide (NO) is synthesized from L-arginine by a family of enzymes known as the nitric oxide synthases (NOS). We have recently shown a NOS similar to constitutive brain NOS (bNOS) and endothelial NOS (ecNOS) to be present in spermatozoa. The aim of this study is to investigate NO production by human spermatozoa a...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Donnelly ET,Lewis SE,Thompson W,Chakravarthy U

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm experience intense and varied selection that dramatically impacts the evolution of sperm quality. Selection acts to ensure that sperm are fertilization-competent and able to overcome the many challenges experienced on their way towards eggs. However, simply being able to fertilize an egg is not enough to ensure ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Fitzpatrick JL,Lüpold S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrograde flow of menstrual blood cells during menstruation is considered as the dominant theory for the development of endometriosis. Moreover, current evidence suggests that endometrial-derived stem cells are key players in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. In particular, endometrial stromal stem cells have been s...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Nikoo S,Ebtekar M,Jeddi-Tehrani M,Shervin A,Bozorgmehr M,Vafaei S,Kazemnejad S,Zarnani AH

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is a major aetiology in many pathologies, including that of male infertility. Recent evidence in somatic cells has linked oxidative stress to the induction of a novel cell death modality termed ferroptosis. However, the induction of this iron-regulated, caspase-independent cell death pathway has never...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Bromfield EG,Walters JLH,Cafe SL,Bernstein IR,Stanger SJ,Anderson AL,Aitken RJ,McLaughlin EA,Dun MD,Gadella BM,Nixon B

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY HYPOTHESIS:It is possible to isolate pure populations of single potential human spermatogonial stem cells without somatic contamination for down-stream applications, for example cell culture and gene expression analysis. STUDY FINDING:We isolated pure populations of single potential human spermatogonial stem cel...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： von Kopylow K,Schulze W,Salzbrunn A,Spiess AN

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecule isolated from the peritoneal fluids of women undergoing laparoscopy for in-vitro fertilization techniques has been chemically characterized and identified as 1-palmitic-3-phosphorylcholine (lysophosphatidylcholine, LPC). This lipid is able, at physiological concentrations, to completely inhibit sperm motili...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Keller F,Togni G,Soldati G,Balmelli T,Medici G,Rose K,Balerna M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00