Potential influence of COVID-19/ACE2 on the female reproductive system.

abstract：:Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a potentially life-threatening, iatrogenic complication of ovarian stimulation in assisted reproduction technology. This complex syndrome is characterised by enlarged ovaries with multiple corpora luteum, elevated sex steroid hormones in serum and increased capillary permeab...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Liu W,Zhang C,Wang L,Huang X,Zhang J,He Y,Chen L,Li J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY QUESTION:Can RNA sequencing of human cumulus cells (CC) reveal molecular pathways involved in the physiology of reproductive aging? STUDY FINDING:Senescent but not young CC activate gene pathways associated with hypoxia and oxidative stress. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY:Shifts in socioeconomic norms are resulting in l...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Molinari E,Bar H,Pyle AM,Patrizio P

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preimplantation development shifts from a maternal to embryonic programme rapidly after fertilization. Although the majority of oogenetic products are lost during the maternal to embryonic transition (MET), several do survive this interval to contribute directly to supporting preimplantation development. Embryonic gen...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Bell CE,Calder MD,Watson AJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear oligomerization domains (NODs) are cytosolic pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), present in epithelial cells, monocytes and dendritic cells. This study details their expression, regulation and role in human endometrium. Real-time PCR showed that NOD1 mRNA is constitutively expressed in endometrium. NOD2 is u...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： King AE,Horne AW,Hombach-Klonisch S,Mason JI,Critchley HO

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:Psoriasin is a small calcium-binding protein first found in psoriatic lesions and also up-regulated in other inflammatory skin diseases and cancer tissues. Psoriasin is also present in the fetal epithelial cells. Its biological function is unclear, but there is both in vitro and in vivo evidence for its chemokine-like...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Porre S,Heinonen S,Mäntyjärvi R,Rytkönen-Nissinen M,Perola O,Rautiainen J,Virtanen T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Villous tissues from 30 spontaneous abortions and the same number of artificial abortions were obtained and analysed for the frequency of polyploid cells. Single cell suspensions were made from these tissues without culture and the ploidy of > 100 cells was analysed. Trisomies of chromosomes 17 and 4 have rarely been ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Horiuchi I,Hashimoto T,Tsuji Y,Shimada H,Furuyama J,Koyama K

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins (PGs) are important factors in the physiology of human parturition and the control of uterine contractility. We have characterized the expression of 15 genes from all stages of the PG pathway in human pregnant and non-pregnant (NP) myometrium and in other uterine tissues at delivery, and the results sho...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Phillips RJ,Al-Zamil H,Hunt LP,Fortier MA,López Bernal A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic fetal growth restriction (FGR) is often associated with placental insufficiency. Previously, we isolated and characterized homeobox gene DLX4 from the placenta and provided evidence that DLX4 may regulate placental development. Here, we have investigated whether DLX4 expression levels were altered in idiopa...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Murthi P,Said JM,Doherty VL,Donath S,Nowell CJ,Brennecke SP,Kalionis B

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryo implantation and subsequent decidualization, trophoblast invasion and formation of a functional placenta are crucial for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Interleukin-11 signalling has been shown to be obligatory for adequate decidualization and trophoblast invasion in mice. Defects in IL-11 signallin...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： von Rango U,Alfer J,Kertschanska S,Kemp B,Müller-Newen G,Heinrich PC,Beier HM,Classen-Linke I

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, male and female partners contribute more or less equally to the infertility problem. In approximately 20% of infertile couples, the concurrence of male and female factors is suggested to be responsible for infertility. Neither of these factors are known nor is there a model system to prove this assumption. ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Nayernia K,Adham IM,Shamsadin R,Müller C,Sancken U,Engel W

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：STUDY HYPOTHESIS:Does a preferential X chromosome inactivation (XCI) pattern exist in female human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) and does the pattern change during long-term culture or upon differentiation? STUDY FINDING:We identified two independent phenomena that lead to aberrant XCI patterns in female hPSC: a rapi...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Geens M,Seriola A,Barbé L,Santalo J,Veiga A,Dée K,Van Haute L,Sermon K,Spits C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major regulators of endometrial function are oestrogen and progesterone, which act through binding their nuclear receptors and by activating transcription of their target genes. Interactions between steroid receptors and transcription proteins, e.g. c-JUN/AP-1, can modulate steroid action at the transcriptional le...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Salmi A,Pakarinen P,Peltola AM,Rutanen EM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular germ cell cancer is aetiologically linked to genital malformations and male infertility and is most probably caused by a disruption of embryonic programming and gonadal development during fetal life. In some cases, germ cell neoplasia is associated with a relative reduction of Y chromosomal material (e.g. 4...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Frydelund-Larsen L,Vogt PH,Leffers H,Schadwinkel A,Daugaard G,Skakkebaek NE,Rajpert-De Meyts E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An altered inflammatory activity due to functionally relevant polymorphisms of the innate immune system may influence pathways leading to labour and, therefore, impact on the frequency of preterm birth. We examined five polymorphisms of the innate immune system in a large cohort of preterm very-low-birth-weight (VLBW,...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Härtel Ch,Finas D,Ahrens P,Kattner E,Schaible T,Müller D,Segerer H,Albrecht K,Möller J,Diedrich K,Göpel W,Genetic Factors in Neonatology Study Group.

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful embryo implantation depends on the quality of the embryo, as well as on the receptivity of the endometrium. The aim of this study was to investigate the endometrial gene expression profile in women with unexplained infertility in comparison with fertile controls at the time of embryo implantation in order t...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Altmäe S,Martínez-Conejero JA,Salumets A,Simón C,Horcajadas JA,Stavreus-Evers A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY QUESTION:Does a heterozygous mutation in AMHR2, identified in whole-exome sequencings (WES) of patients with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), cause a defect in anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) signaling? SUMMARY ANSWER:The I209N mutation at the adenosine triphosphate binding domain of AMHR2 exerts dominant negat...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Li L,Zhou X,Wang X,Wang J,Zhang W,Wang B,Cao Y,Kee K

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:During folliculogenesis, the gonadotrophin (GTH)-dependent phase begins at the small antral follicle stage and ends with Graafian follicles. In this study, pregnant mare's serum GTH was used to induce GTH-dependent folliculogenesis in mice, following which the developmental events that follicles undergo, as well as th...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Chen Y,Wang X,Yang C,Liu Q,Ran Z,Li X,He C

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The DAZL (DAZ-like) gene is suggested to be an ancestral gene of the DAZ (deleted in azoospermia) gene on the Y chromosome, which is a strong candidate for the azoospermic factor. Recently, it has been reported that the T54A (Thr54-->Ala) polymorphism in exon 3 of the DAZL gene is associated with spermatogenic failure...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Yang XJ,Shinka T,Nozawa S,Yan HT,Yoshiike M,Umeno M,Sato Y,Chen G,Iwamoto T,Nakahori Y

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of interphase fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) has shown that a large number of human embryos exhibit chromosomal abnormalities in vitro. The most common abnormality is mosaicism which is seen in up to 50% of preimplantation embryos at all stages of development. In this study, comparative genomic hybri...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Daphnis DD,Fragouli E,Economou K,Jerkovic S,Craft IL,Delhanty JD,Harper JC

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a dispersed human luteal cell culture model, progesterone synthesis following treatment by incremental doses of human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) and the stable prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha) analogue cloprostenol, alone or in combination, was related to corpora lutea (CL) mRNA transcript abundance coding f...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Ottander U,Leung CH,Olofsson JI

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical application of quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) for rapid prenatal detection of chromosome aneuploidies has been limited in most studies to the detection of autosomal trisomies. Recently it has been shown that a newly identified highly polymorphic marker, termed X22, which maps ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Cirigliano V,Ejarque M,Cañadas MP,Lloveras E,Plaja A,Perez MM,Fuster C,Egozcue J

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00