Recombinant human zona pellucida glycoprotein 3 induces calcium influx and acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa.

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：:The identification of polymorphisms in genes encoding proinflammatory cytokines that affect transcription or the secretion rate has opened new ways to understand the variation in responses to infection during pregnancy. In this study, human amniochorion carrying hyper-responsive alleles of tumour necrosis factor-alpha...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Hernandez-Guerrero C,Monzon-Bordonaba F,Jimenez-Zamudio L,Ahued-Ahued R,Arechavaleta-Velasco F,Strauss JF 3rd,Vadillo-Ortega F

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:In order to improve assisted fertilization in humans it is important to elucidate the mechanisms of control of growth and development in the early pre-embryo. Increasing evidence shows that growth factors are of importance for such control mechanisms. As platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) has been shown to enhance ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Osterlund C,Wramsby H,Pousette A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To mimic post-ovulatory ageing, we have extended the in vitro maturation (IVM) phase to 48 h and examined effects on (i) developmental potential, (ii) expression of a panel of developmentally important genes and (iii) gene-specific epigenetic marks. Results were compared with the 24 h IVM protocol (control) usually em...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Heinzmann J,Mattern F,Aldag P,Bernal-Ulloa SM,Schneider T,Haaf T,Niemann H

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha is a pleiotropic cytokine synthesized throughout the female reproductive tract. Even though evidence has accumulated that supports its role in autocrine and paracrine processes, its expression and function in the human endometrium are still not completely understood. To gain a b...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： von Wolff M,Classen-Linke I,Heid D,Krusche CA,Beier-Hellwig K,Karl C,Beier HM

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：:The Y chromosome carries several spermatogenesis genes distributed in three regions: AZFa, AZFb and AZFc. Microdeletions in these regions have been seen in 10% of sterile males with azoospermia or oligozoospermia, the most frequent of them being characterized by a complete deletion of AZFc region. A partial AZFc delet...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Carvalho CM,Zuccherato LW,Bastos-Rodrigues L,Santos FR,Pena SD

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：STUDY QUESTION:Can a pre-in vitro maturation (pre-IVM) medium containing signaling molecules rather than chemical/pharmaceutical agents, sustain meiotic arrest and improve developmental competence of in vitro matured oocytes in CF1 outbred mice? SUMMARY ANSWER:A short 2 h period of pre-IVM prevents spontaneous meiotic...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Santiquet NW,Greene AF,Becker J,Barfield JP,Schoolcraft WB,Krisher RL

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is relevant for normal pregnancy, and abnormalities in VEGF functions are associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Because there are few studies on how VEGF genetic polymorphisms affect susceptibility to pre-eclampsia (PE), and no studies on how they affect suscept...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Sandrim VC,Palei AC,Cavalli RC,Araújo FM,Ramos ES,Duarte G,Tanus-Santos JE

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：: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：: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：: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

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：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential role of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced preterm delivery. Intraperitoneal injection of LPS in the presence or absence of previous TLR4 blockade was performed to establish a murine model of preterm delivery. The incidences of ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Li L,Kang J,Lei W

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:Estrogen and selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) differentially impact endometrial cell function, however, the biological basis of these differences is not established. Deregulated cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix, cell movement and invasion are related to endometrial disorders, such as endometrios...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Flamini MI,Sanchez AM,Goglia L,Tosi V,Genazzani AR,Simoncini T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An understanding of the relationship between nuclear morphology and DNA function is important in cytology and preimplantation diagnosis. In this study, direct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification was used to diagnose the common delta F508 mutation of cystic fibrosis in 62 biopsied human embryo cells. The nucl...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Cui KH,Matthews CD

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：STUDY QUESTION:Does dynamin regulate human sperm acrosomal exocytosis? SUMMARY ANSWER:Our studies of dynamin localization and function have implicated this family of mechanoenzymes in the regulation of progesterone-induced acrosomal exocytosis in human spermatozoa. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY:Completion of an acrosome reac...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Zhou W,Anderson AL,Turner AP,De Iuliis GN,McCluskey A,McLaughlin EA,Nixon B

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines are implicated in the implantation process. The aim of this study was to investigate mRNA expression and protein levels of chemokine receptors CXCR1, CXCR4, CCR5 and CCR2B in human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle, during HRT and in the human blastocyst. The regulation of chemokine receptors in th...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Dominguez F,Galan A,Martin JJ,Remohi J,Pellicer A,Simón C

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to alpha and beta subunits of guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins (G proteins) were used to identify which G proteins are present in mature human spermatozoa and to determine their subcellular localization. Immunoblots of membranes from spermatozoa demonstrate the presence of Galphai2, Galphai3, Galphaq/...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Merlet F,Weinstein LS,Goldsmith PK,Rarick T,Hall JL,Bisson JP,de Mazancourt P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many candidate genes have been studied in pre-eclampsia (PE), the important class of catecholamine receptors that contribute to sympathetic tone and blood pressure regulation has yet to be investigated. We therefore examined the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene. We performed a prospective family-based study i...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Korobochka R,Gritsenko I,Gonen R,Ebstein RP,Ohel G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY QUESTION:Is oxidative stress associated with the A disintegrin and metalloproteases (ADAM) metallopeptidase domain 17 (ADAM17)/Notch signalling pathway and fibrosis in the development of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER:Oxidative stress is correlated with hyperactivation of the ADAM17/Notch signalling pathway and a...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： González-Foruria I,Santulli P,Chouzenoux S,Carmona F,Chapron C,Batteux F

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) rearrangements, including more than 150 deletions and insertions, accumulate with age and are responsible for certain neuromuscular diseases. Human oocytes, arrested for up to 50 years, may express certain mtDNA rearrangements possibly affecting function. Investigations have previously ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Barritt JA,Brenner CA,Cohen J,Matt DW

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have entered a new era of genomics in biomedical research with the availability of genome-wide sequences and expression data, resulting in the identification of a huge number of novel reproductive genes. The challenge we are facing today is how to determine the function of those novel and known genes and their role...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Lee T,Shah C,Xu EY

更新日期：2007-11-01 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