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  1. The aim of this study was to identify differentially expressed ovarian genes during primary and early secondary oocyte growth in coho salmon, a semelparous teleost that exhibits synchronous follicle development.

    Authors: John A Luckenbach, Dimitar B Iliev, Frederick W Goetz and Penny Swanson
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2008 6:2
  2. RHOGTPases play a significant role in modulating myometrial contractility in uterine smooth muscle. They are regulated by at least three families of proteins, RHO guanine nucleotide exchange factors (RHOGEFs),...

    Authors: Margaret O'Brien, David Flynn, Brian Mullins, John J Morrison and Terry J Smith
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2008 6:1
  3. It has been demonstrated that brief episodes of sublethal ischemia-reperfusion, so-called ischemic preconditioning, provide powerful tissue protection in different tissues such as heart, brain, skeletal muscle...

    Authors: Tayfun Sahinkanat, K Ugur Ozkan, Fatma I Tolun, Harun Ciralik and Secil S Imrek
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:47
  4. Chorioamniotic membranes infection is a pathologic condition in which an abnormal secretion of proinflammatory cytokines halts fetal immune tolerance. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the functiona...

    Authors: Veronica Zaga-Clavellina, Guadalupe Garcia-Lopez, Hector Flores-Herrera, Aurora Espejel-Nuñez, Arturo Flores-Pliego, Diana Soriano-Becerril, Rolando Maida-Claros, Horacio Merchant-Larios and Felipe Vadillo-Ortega
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:46
  5. Multifollicular ovarian stimulation (MOS) is widely used in IVF and the compliance to treatment is deeply influenced by the tolerability of the medication(s) used and by the ease of self-administration. This p...

    Authors: Carlo Alviggi, Alberto Revelli, Paola Anserini, Antonio Ranieri, Luigi Fedele, Ida Strina, Marco Massobrio, Nicola Ragni and Giuseppe De Placido
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:45
  6. Uterine receptivity and embryo implantation are critical in the establishment of pregnancy. The diagnosis of endometrial fertility requires more precise measurements of endometrial receptivity. Interleukin (IL...

    Authors: Evdokia Dimitriadis, Andrew M Sharkey, Yee Lee Tan, Lois A Salamonsen and J Robert A Sherwin
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:44
  7. The initial steps of stem Leydig cell differentiation into steroid producing progenitor cells are thought to take place independent of luteinizing hormone (LH), under the influence of locally produced factors ...

    Authors: Katja J Teerds, Federica MF van Dissel-Emiliani, Maria P De Miguel, Mieke de Boer-Brouwer, Lina M Körting and Eddy Rijntjes
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:43
  8. Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is an innate immune protein that is present in mucosal lined surfaces throughout the human body, including the male reproductive tract. In the present study, we characterized the re...

    Authors: Rebecca E Oberley, Kelli L Goss, Amado A Quintar, Cristina A Maldonado and Jeanne M Snyder
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:42
  9. Uterine smooth muscle cells exhibit ionic currents that appear to be important in the control of uterine contractility, but how these currents might produce the changes in contractile activity seen in pregnant...

    Authors: Ryan C Smith, Marisa C McClure, Margaret A Smith, Peter W Abel and Michael E Bradley
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:41
  10. High levels of dopamine (DA) were described in human ovary and recently evidence for DA receptors in granulosa and luteal cells has been provided, as well. However, neither the full repertoire of ovarian recep...

    Authors: Veronica Rey-Ares, Nikolai Lazarov, Dieter Berg, Ulrike Berg, Lars Kunz and Artur Mayerhofer
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:40
  11. In a mouse model, in vitro fertilization or extended embryo culture leads to the increased expression of TRP53 in susceptible embryos. Ablation of the TRP53 gene improved embryo viability indicating that incre...

    Authors: Vashe Chandrakanthan, Omar Chami, Tomas Stojanov and Chris O'Neill
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:39
  12. To date, tools to study metastasis in endometrial cancers are insufficiently developed. The aim of this study was to characterize the cell line EN-1078D, a new endometrial carcinoma cell line derived from a me...

    Authors: Marie-Claude Dery, Celine Van Themsche, Diane Provencher, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson and Eric Asselin
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:38
  13. The hypotheses that PKCepsilon is necessary for: 1) PGF2alpha to inhibit LH-stimulated progesterone (P4) secretion, and 2) for the expression of key prostaglandin synthesizing/metabolizing enzymes were tested ...

    Authors: Madhusudan P Goravanahally, Aritro Sen, Emmet K Inskeep and Jorge A Flores
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:37
  14. Leiomyoma have often been compared to keloids because of their fibrotic characteristic and higher rate of occurrence among African Americans as compared to other ethnic groups. To evaluate such a correlation a...

    Authors: Xiaoping Luo, Qun Pan, Li Liu and Nasser Chegini
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:35
  15. The objective was to evaluate if cortisol concentrations are associated with the resumption of luteal activity in postpartum, primiparous cows exposed to bulls. The hypotheses were that 1) interval from start ...

    Authors: Shaun A Tauck, Jesse R Olsen and James G Berardinelli
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:33
  16. The aim was to examine the correlation of early follicular serum lutinising hormone (LH) and the clinical outcome of assisted reproduction technique (ART).

    Authors: Ahmed Kassab, Luca Sabatini, Gidon Lieberman, Amanda Tozer, Ariel Zosmer, Colin Davis and Talha Al-Shawaf
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:32
  17. The corpus luteum (CL) is a transient endocrine gland and prostaglandin F2-alpha is considered to be the principal luteolysin in pigs. In this species, the in vivo administration of prostaglandin F2-alpha indu...

    Authors: Augusta Zannoni, Chiara Bernardini, Tommaso Rada, Luciana A Ribeiro, Monica Forni and Maria L Bacci
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:31
  18. During human pregnancy, the placental villi produces high amounts of estradiol. This steroid is secreted by the syncytium, which is directly in contact with maternal blood. Estradiol has to cross placental foe...

    Authors: Renée Drolet, Marc Simard, Julie Plante, Philippe Laberge and Yves Tremblay
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:30
  19. Relaxin is the endogenous ligand of the G-protein coupled receptor RXFP1, previously known as LGR7. In humans relaxin can also activate, but with lower affinity, the closely related receptor for the insulin-li...

    Authors: Marcelo Filonzi, Laís C Cardoso, Maristela T Pimenta, Daniel BC Queiróz, Maria CW Avellar, Catarina S Porto and Maria FM Lazari
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:29
  20. Preterm birth is the leading cause of all infant mortality. In 2004, 12.5% of all births were preterm. In order to understand preterm labor, we must first understand normal labor. Since many of the myometrial ...

    Authors: Baohui Zhao, Deanna Koon, Allyson L Curtis, Jessica Soper and Kathleen E Bethin
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:28
  21. In humans trophoblast invasion and vascular remodeling are critical to determine the fate of pregnancy. Since guinea-pigs share with women an extensive migration of the trophoblasts through the decidua and ute...

    Authors: Jenny Corthorn, Sergio Rey, Cecilia Chacón and Gloria Valdés
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:27
  22. A recent reassessment of the phylogenetic affinities of cetaceans makes it timely to compare their placentation with that of the artiodactyls. We studied the placentae of two sympatric species of dolphin from ...

    Authors: Vera MF da Silva, Anthony M Carter, Carlos E Ambrosio, Ana F Carvalho, Marina Bonatelli, Marcelo C Lima and Maria Angelica Miglino
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:26
  23. Ghrelin is an orexigenic hormone principally produced by the stomach, but also by numerous peripheral tissues including the placenta. Ghrelin acts via growth hormone secretagogue receptors (GHSR-1a) to alter f...

    Authors: Joanne L Harrison, Clare L Adam, Yvonne A Brown, Jacqueline M Wallace, Raymond P Aitken, Richard G Lea and David W Miller
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:25
  24. The present study evaluates the participation of the vagus nerve in pre-pubertal rats with unilateral ovariectomy on puberty onset, and on progesterone, testosterone and estradiol serum levels, and the compens...

    Authors: Leticia Morales, Beatriz Ricardo, Adán Bolaños, Roberto Chavira and Roberto Domínguez
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:24
  25. Androgens and estrogens are crucial for mammalian sperm differentiation but their role in biology of mature male gamete is not still defined. The expression of proteins involved in the biosynthesis and action ...

    Authors: Vittoria Rago, Saveria Aquila, Rocco Panza and Amalia Carpino
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:23
  26. Myometrial growth and remodeling of the cytoskeleton and focal adhesions during late pregnancy may be critical aspects of myometrial activation and thus labour. Yet our understanding of these aspects is inhibi...

    Authors: Jenn M Croke, Luke RG Pike and Daniel J MacPhee
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:22
  27. Activin and inhibin are glycoproteins structurally related to the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily. These peptides were first described as factors that regulate the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH...

    Authors: Teresa R Petrino, Gesulla Toussaint and Yu-Wai P Lin
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:21
  28. Leukocytes are found within the testis of most, if not all, mammals and are involved in immunological surveillance, physiological regulation and tissue remodelling. The testis of seasonal breeding fish undergo...

    Authors: Sergio Liarte, Elena Chaves-Pozo, Alicia García-Alcazar, Victoriano Mulero, José Meseguer and Alfonsa García-Ayala
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:20
  29. DAX1 (NR0B1), a member of the nuclear receptors super family, has been shown to be involved in the genetic sex determination and in gonadal differentiation in several vertebrate species. In the aquaculture fis...

    Authors: Rute ST Martins, Laurence AM Deloffre, Constantinos C Mylonas, Deborah M Power and Adelino VM Canário
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:19
  30. Understanding the pathophysiology of chemokine secretion in endometriosis may offer a novel area of therapeutic intervention. This study aimed to identify chemokines differentially expressed in epithelial glan...

    Authors: Ashwini L Chand, Andrew S Murray, Rebecca L Jones, Natalie J Hannan, Lois A Salamonsen and Luk Rombauts
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:18
  31. Cell-cell communication is an important factor in feto-maternal units during placentogenesis. The placenta produces pivotal hormones and cytokines for communication between cotyledonary villi and the maternal ...

    Authors: Koichi Ushizawa, Toru Takahashi, Misa Hosoe, Hiroko Ishiwata, Kanako Kaneyama, Keiichiro Kizaki and Kazuyoshi Hashizume
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:17
  32. The rate-limiting step in prostaglandin (PG) biosynthesis is catalyzed by phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzymes which hydrolyze arachidonic acid from membrane phospholipids. Despite their importance in uterine PG pr...

    Authors: Patricia K Tithof, Mary P Roberts, Wei Guan, Mona Elgayyar and James D Godkin
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:16
  33. The possession of a scrotum to contain the male gonads is a characteristic feature of almost all mammals, and appears to have evolved to allow the testes and epididymis to be exposed to a temperature a few deg...

    Authors: Richard Ivell
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:15
  34. Female CD-1/Swiss Webster mice subjected to incessant ovulation for 8 months and 12-month breeder mice both developed ovarian inclusion cysts similar to serous cystadenomas. The majority of cysts appeared to b...

    Authors: Jean S Fleming, H James McQuillan, Melanie J Millier, Clare R Beaugié and Vicki Livingstone
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:14
  35. Isg15 covalently modifies murine endometrial proteins in response to early pregnancy. Isg15 can also be severed from targeted proteins by a specific protease called Ubp43 (Usp18). Mice lacking Ubp43 (null) for...

    Authors: Lea A Rempel, Kathleen J Austin, Kenneth J Ritchie, Ming Yan, Meifeng Shen, Dong-Er Zhang, Luiz E Henkes and Thomas R Hansen
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:13
  36. Human Plexin-B1 is expressed in two truncated forms. The long form encodes a trans-membranal protein, while the short form, which is bound to the cell surface and partially secreted, possibly serves as a decoy...

    Authors: Avital Regev, Shlomit Goldman and Eliezer Shalev
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:12
  37. The prostate is a sexual gland that produces important substances for the potency of sperm to fertilize eggs within the female reproductive tract, and is under complex endocrine control. Taking advantage of th...

    Authors: Maria Elena Hernandez, Abraham Soto-Cid, Gonzalo E Aranda-Abreu, Rosaura Díaz, Fausto Rojas, Luis I Garcia, Rebeca Toledo and Jorge Manzo
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:11
  38. PGF2alpha exerts a significant contractile effect on myometrium and is central to human labour. THG113.31, a specific non-competitive PGF2alpha receptor (FP) antagonist, exerts an inhibitory effect on myometri...

    Authors: Helen C Doheny, Michael J O'Reilly, Donal J Sexton and John J Morrison
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:10
  39. The current study was designed to compare antral follicle count (AFC) and basal ovarian volume (BOV), the exogenous FSH ovarian reserve test (EFORT) and the clomiphene citrate challenge test (CCCT), with respe...

    Authors: Janet Kwee, Mariet E Elting, Roel Schats, Joseph McDonnell and Cornelis B Lambalk
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:9
  40. Hypospadias is a common inborn error of the male urethral development, for which the aetiology is still elusive. Polymorphic variants in genes involved in the masculinisation of male genitalia, such as the and...

    Authors: Ana Beleza-Meireles, Michela Barbaro, Anna Wedell, Virpi Töhönen and Agneta Nordenskjöld
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:8
  41. Paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) associated with cocaine has been shown to enhance genital reflexes (penile erection-PE and ejaculation-EJ) in Wistar rats. Since hypertension predisposes males to erectile d...

    Authors: Monica L Andersen, Raquel CS Martins, Tathiana AF Alvarenga, Isabela B Antunes, Ligia A Papale and Sergio Tufik
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:7
  42. The trophoblast, i.e. the peripheral part of the human conceptus, exerts a crucial role in implantation and placentation. Both processes properly occur as a consequence of an intimate dialogue between fetal an...

    Authors: Laura Lunghi, Maria E Ferretti, Silvia Medici, Carla Biondi and Fortunato Vesce
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:6
  43. Bovine luteal parenchymal cells express class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules and stimulate class II MHC-dependent activation of T cells in vitro. The ability of a class II MHC-expressing c...

    Authors: Matthew J Cannon, John S Davis and Joy L Pate
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:5
  44. Embryo implantation plays a major role in embryogenesis and the outcome of pregnancy. Plasminogen activators (PAs) have been implicated in mammalian fertilization, early stages of development and embryo implan...

    Authors: Eliahu D Aflalo, Uriel A Sod-Moriah, Gad Potashnik and Iris Har-Vardi
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:4
  45. Cervical ripening resembles an inflammatory reaction. Estrogens induce leukocyte migration into tissue and factors promoting cervical remodeling and labor, although the mechanisms are only partially known. The...

    Authors: Hong Wang and Ylva Vladic Stjernholm
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:3
  46. In IVF-ICSI cycles with single embryo transfer (SET), embryo selection for transfer is of crucial importance. The present study aimed to define which embryo parameters might be related to the implantation pote...

    Authors: Tiziana della Ragione, Greta Verheyen, Evangelos G Papanikolaou, Lisbet Van Landuyt, Paul Devroey and Andre Van Steirteghem
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:2
  47. A major event in the post-meiotic development of male germ cells is the formation of the acrosome. This process can be perturbed in C57BL/6 mice by administration of the small molecule miglustat (N-butyldeoxyn...

    Authors: Wilhelm Bone, Charlotte M Walden, Martin Fritsch, Ulrike Voigtmann, Eckhard Leifke, Ulrich Gottwald, Stephanie Boomkamp, Frances M Platt and Aarnoud C van der Spoel
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2007 5:1
  48. ICI 182,780 (ICI) belongs to a new class of antiestrogens developed to be pure estrogen antagonists and, in addition to its therapeutic use, it has been used to knock-out estrogen and estrogen receptor (ER) ac...

    Authors: Patrícia IS Pinto, Pratap B Singh, João B Condeça, Helena R Teodósio, Deborah M Power and Adelino VM Canário
    Citation: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2006 4:67

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