Evaluation of stimulus-induced acrosome reaction by two-colour flow cytometric analysis.

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is usually considered a rare disease in the Indian population. Two studies have reported on the frequency of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene mutations in Indian males with congenital absence of the vas deferens (CAVD), however, data on the spectrum of CFTR gene muta...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Sharma H,Mavuduru RS,Singh SK,Prasad R

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:The preimplantation period of life in mammals encompasses a tremendous amount of restructuring and remodeling of the embryonic genome and reprogramming of gene expression. These vast changes support metabolic activation and cellular processes that drive early cleavage divisions and enable the creation of the earliest ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Schall PZ,Ruebel ML,Midic U,VandeVoort CA,Latham KE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor OCT-4 is regarded as a critical factor in controlling mammalian early embryonic development because of its role in toti-/pluripotency. In human preimplantation embryos, OCT-4 studies are limited to RNA analysis of abnormally developing embryos. This study thoroughly investigated the expression...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Cauffman G,Van de Velde H,Liebaers I,Van Steirteghem A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imprinted genes are characterized by expression of only one of the two alleles according to its inheritance from the mother or the father. This mono-allelic expression must arise from primary differential epigenetic modification of the parental alleles of the imprinted gene in the spermatozoon and the oocyte. Most of ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Salpekar A,Huntriss J,Bolton V,Monk M

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：: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：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genomic disorder mostly caused by deletions of 15q11-q13 region (70%). It has been suggested that the particular genomic architecture of 15q11-q13 region, characterized to be flanked by low copy repeats, could predispose it to Non-Allelic Homologous Recombination (NAHR). However, no st...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Molina O,Blanco J,Vidal F

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Multiple types and subtypes, including splice variants, of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDE) have been shown to be expressed in various tissues and organs. They control the intracellular level of cyclic nucleotides and are involved in hormonal signalling. In human spermatozoa, PDE play an important role in th...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Richter W,Dettmer D,Glander H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of preeclampsia is complex, with susceptibility being attributable to multiple environmental factors and a large genetic component. Although many candidate genes for preeclampsia have been suggested and studied, the specific causative genes still remain to be identified. Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Roten LT,Fenstad MH,Forsmo S,Johnson MP,Moses EK,Austgulen R,Skorpen F

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm are motile cells. Thus, a significant component of the spermatogenic cycle is devoted to the formation of flagellum, a process that must be coordinated to insure proper construction. To document the temporal pattern of flagellar gene expression, we employed real-time PCR to assess changes in accumulation of a co...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Horowitz E,Zhang Z,Jones BH,Moss SB,Ho C,Wood JR,Wang X,Sammel MD,Strauss JF 3rd

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative damage by reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a major cause of sperm dysfunction. Excessive ROS generation reduces fertilization and enhances DNA damage of spermatozoa. Interaction between spermatozoa and oviductal epithelial cells improves the fertilizing ability of and reduces chromatin damage in spermatozoa....

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Huang VW,Lee CL,Lee YL,Lam KK,Ko JK,Yeung WS,Ho PC,Chiu PC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) appeared in December 2019 and then spread throughout the world rapidly. The virus invades the target cell by binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) 2 and modulates the expression of ACE2 in host cells. ACE2, a pivotal component of the renin-angiotensin system, exerts its ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Jing Y,Run-Qian L,Hao-Ran W,Hao-Ran C,Ya-Bin L,Yang G,Fei C

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：: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：:Microarray studies generating lists of genes with altered expression in placentas from pregnancies complicated with pre-eclampsia (PE) have so far been published in several different studies. Working under the assumption that altered gene expression in PE may be the result of altered expression of regulatory transcrip...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Vásárhelyi B,Cseh A,Kocsis I,Treszl A,Györffy B,Rigó J Jr

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although available data from the mouse model suggest that morphogenesis during preimplantation development is dependent on the expression of embryonic genes, convincing data for human preimplantation embryos are missing. To investigate the expression of genes involved in human preimplantation development we constructe...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Verlinsky Y,Morozov G,Verlinsky O,Koukharenko V,Rechitsky S,Goltsman E,Ivakhnenko V,Gindilis V,Strom CM,Kuliev A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No phenotypic effect is observed in most inversion heterozygotes. However, reproductive risks may occur in the form of infertility, spontaneous abortions or chromosomally unbalanced children as a consequence of meiotic recombination between inverted and non-inverted chromosomes. An odd number of crossovers within the ...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Chantot-Bastaraud S,Ravel C,Berthaut I,McElreavey K,Bouchard P,Mandelbaum J,Siffroi JP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocrine disrupting chemical o, p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) can affect reproductive organs, tissues and cells in several species. Treatment of human endometrial endothelial cells (HEECs) with 50 microM o,p'-DDT decreased their proliferation compared with the control. Microarray analyses revealed that...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Bredhult C,Sahlin L,Olovsson M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human ZP3 (rhuZP3) generated by Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with a plasmid containing human ZP3 cDNA was used to study the acrosome reaction (AR) and intracellular calcium fluxes in capacitated human spermatozoa. Conditioned medium containing rhuZP3 significantly induced the AR (P < or = 0.005)...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Brewis IA,Clayton R,Barratt CL,Hornby DP,Moore HD

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse cauda epididymis were in-vivo transfected using the lipid FuGENE 6 as gene vector. Two gene constructions were employed: the p-GeneGRIP which codifies for the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and the pSEAP-control that expresses an alkaline phosphatase as a secretion. Transfection was detected by fluorescence and...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Esponda P,Carballada R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature loss of ovarian activity before 40 years of age is known as primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) and occurs in ∼1% of women. A more subtle decline in ovarian activity, known as premature ovarian ageing (POA), occurs in ∼10% of women. Despite the high prevalence of POA, very little is known regarding its genet...

journal_title：Molecular human reproduction

authors： Subramanian GN,Lavin M,Homer HA

更新日期：2020-12-18 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 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