DNA methylation of germ-cell-specific basic helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription factors, Sohlh2 and Figlα during gametogenesis.

abstract：:The Drosophila melanogaster staufen gene encodes an RNA binding protein (Dm Stau) required for the localization and translational repression of mRNAs within the Drosophila oocyte. In mammals translational repression is important for normal spermatogenesis in males and storage of mRNAs in the oocytes of females. In the...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Saunders PT,Pathirana S,Maguire SM,Doyle M,Wood T,Bownes M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During pregnancy, a cervical connective tissue remodelling takes place, clinically recognized as softening, effacement and dilatation. The role of oestrogens and their receptors (ER) in this process is not clear. ERalpha is a ligand-activated transcription factor involved in many physiological processes. The identific...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Wang H,Stjernholm Y,Ekman G,Eriksson H,Sahlin L

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY HYPOTHESIS:In women with preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM), increased oxidative stress may accelerate premature cellular senescence, senescence-associated inflammation and proteolysis, which may predispose them to rupture. STUDY FINDING:We demonstrate mechanistic differences between preterm birt...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Dutta EH,Behnia F,Boldogh I,Saade GR,Taylor BD,Kacerovský M,Menon R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling the sex of offspring by the separation of X and Y chromosome-bearing spermatozoa using flow cytometry has been reported as a clinical technique aiding prevention of X-linked diseases. Although this technique has resulted in several hundred normal births in animals and at least one human birth, there is sti...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Catt SL,Sakkas D,Bizzaro D,Bianchi PG,Maxwell WM,Evans G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sperm contain similar amounts of protamine-1 (P1) and protamine-2 (P2). Although an aberrant protamine ratio have been observed in subfertile men, functional evidence is provided by protamine knockout mice exhibiting male infertility. As sperm DNA integrity is known to be linked with DNA fragmentation and apopto...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Cavalcanti MC,Steilmann C,Failing K,Bergmann M,Kliesch S,Weidner W,Steger K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) has been considered to be closely associated with chorioamnionitis. However, the detailed mechanism is not well understood. Alpha 1 antitrypsin (AAT) was reported to decrease in concentration in amniotic fluid obtained from patients with PPROM. However, the origin of ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Izumi-Yoneda N,Toda A,Okabe M,Koike C,Takashima S,Yoshida T,Konishi I,Saito S,Nikaido T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely assumed that, after ovulation, the human endometrium undergoes specific changes and becomes receptive to the implantation of embryo during the mid-secretory phase. When implantation does not take place, further changes occur which eventually result in the shedding of human endometrium. The present study w...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： von Wolff M,Thaler CJ,Strowitzki T,Broome J,Stolz W,Tabibzadeh S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology and pathogenesis of endometriosis are complex with both genetic and environmental factors contributing to disease risk. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple signals in the estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) region associated with endometriosis and other reproductive traits and diseases....

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Marla S,Mortlock S,Houshdaran S,Fung J,McKinnon B,Holdsworth-Carson SJ,Girling JE,Rogers PAW,Giudice LC,Montgomery GW

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The spindle assembly checkpoint modulates the timing of anaphase initiation in response to the improper alignment of chromosomes at the metaphase plate. If defects are detected, a signal is transduced to halt further progression of the cell cycle until correct bipolar attachment to the spindle is achieved. The mitotic...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Steuerwald N,Cohen J,Herrera RJ,Sandalinas M,Brenner CA

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Patients with rare overgrowth disorders, such as Beck-Wiedemann syndrome and Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, are predisposed to embryonal tumours, including Wilms' tumour of the kidney. Therefore, these disorders offer a link between hyperplastic growth and cancer. Genetic lesions at chromosome 11p15 have been associa...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Ward A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocytes are usually the largest cells in the body and as such offer unique opportunities for single-cell analysis. Unfortunately, these cells are also some of the rarest in the mammalian female, usually necessitating single-cell analysis. In cases of infertility in humans, determining the quality of the oocyte is ofte...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Brayboy LM,Wessel GM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In male mice heterozygous for a null apolipoprotein B (apoB), allele infertility was noticed. These data led us to investigate a possible role of APOB gene polymorphism and male infertility in humans. In this case-control study, we searched for an association between the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the AP...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Peterlin B,Zorn B,Volk M,Kunej T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogenesis is a highly programmed process that requires the degradation of the extracellular matrix and the remodeling of tight junctions (TJ) to facilitate differentiating germ cell migration. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are essential in regulating Sertoli cell TJ in the testis. CD147 is known to stimulate ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Chen H,Fok KL,Yu S,Jiang J,Chen Z,Gui Y,Cai Z,Chan HC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is involved in embryo development and implantation. Sex hormones down-modulate FAAH activity in the mouse uterus. However, the regulation of the FAAH gene in the uterus is unknown. Our results showed that FAAH mRNA is localized to uterine epithelial cells and circular myometrium durin...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Xiao AZ,Zhao YG,Duan EK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) plays a key role in the maintenance of human pregnancy and labour onset. PGE2 can elicit diverse actions within the uterus depending on the PGE2 receptors (EP1, EP2, EP3 and EP4) expressed. By signalling through different intracellular pathways the EP receptors may inhibit or promote smooth mus...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Astle S,Thornton S,Slater DM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY QUESTION:Do human adult Leydig cells (ALCs) within hyperplastic micronodules display characteristics of foetal LCs (FLCs)? SUMMARY ANSWER:The gene expression profiles of FLCs and all ALC subgroups were clearly different, but there were no significant differences in expressed genes between the normally clustered ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Lottrup G,Belling K,Leffers H,Nielsen JE,Dalgaard MD,Juul A,Skakkebæk NE,Brunak S,Rajpert-De Meyts E

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：Study Question:Can endometrial mesenchymal stromal cells (E-MSCs) differentiate into endothelial cells in an in vitro co-culture system with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs)? Summary Answer:E-MSCs can acquire endothelial markers and function in a direct co-culture system with HUVECs. What is Known Alre...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Canosa S,Moggio A,Brossa A,Pittatore G,Marchino GL,Leoncini S,Benedetto C,Revelli A,Bussolati B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) plays a critical role in the initiation and process of parturition. Since human labor has been described as an inflammatory event, we investigated the role of PGF2α in the inflammatory process using cultured human uterine smooth muscle cells (HUSMCs) isolated from term pregnant women as a mod...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Xu C,Liu W,You X,Leimert K,Popowycz K,Fang X,Wood SL,Slater DM,Sun Q,Gu H,Olson DM,Ni X

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent organohalogen pollutants (POPs) have been suggested to be involved in changing the proportion of ejaculated Y-bearing sperm. The androgen receptor (AR), aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AHRR) may modulate the effect of POPs with regard to previously observed sperm Y:X...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Tiido T,Rignell-Hydbom A,Jönsson BA,Rylander L,Giwercman A,Giwercman YL

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, advances in imaging probes, cutting-edge microscopy techniques and powerful bioinformatics image analysis have markedly expanded the imaging toolbox available to developmental biologists. Apart from traditional qualitative studies, embryonic development can now be investigated in vivo with improved sp...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Welling M,Ponti A,Pantazis P

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：: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：: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：:We compared latent TGF-ss binding protein-1 (LTBP-1) and fibrillin-1 (FBN-1) expression in leiomyomata and myometrium, correlated with leiomyomata size. We studied in vivo and in vitro effects of ovarian steroids using matched leiomyomata and myometrium samples from both phases of the menstrual cycle. Leiomyomata were...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Zhao Y,Wen Y,Polan ML,Qiao J,Chen BH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testis expressed gene 18 (Tex18) is a small gene with one exon of 240 bp, which is specifically expressed in male germ cells. The gene encodes for a protein of 80 amino acids with unknown domain. To investigate the function of (Tex18) gene, we generated mice with targeted disruption of the (Tex18) gene by homologous r...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Jaroszynski L,Dev A,Li M,Meinhardt A,de Rooij DG,Mueller C,Böhm D,Wolf S,Adham IM,Wulf G,Engel W,Nayernia K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of uterine glands (adenogenesis) in mammals typically begins during the early post-natal period and involves budding of nascent glands from the luminal epithelium and extensive cell proliferation in these structures as they grow into the surrounding stroma, elongate and mature. Uterine glands are essential...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Cooke PS,Spencer TE,Bartol FF,Hayashi K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) sensitive enough to detect and quantify as little as 2-fold differences in gene expression in individual oocytes and embryos throughout human preimplantation development. This RT-PCR assay can be tailored for the examination of an...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Taylor DM,Handyside AH,Ray PF,Dibb NJ,Winston RM,Ao A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovaries surgically removed for fertility preservation from a total of 24 women served as a source of human small antral follicles, including the follicular fluid (FF) and the corresponding granulosa cells (GC). The FF was used to evaluate the intrafollicular concentrations of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), inhibin-B, e...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Eilsø Nielsen M,Rasmussen IA,Fukuda M,Westergaard LG,Yding Andersen C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00