Molecular Human Reproduction

Molecular events in the endometrium:

Hirohiko Watanabe, Kohsuke Nonoguchi, Toshiharu Sakurai, Tomoko Masuda, Katsuhiko Itoh, and Jun Fujita

A novel protein Depp, which is induced by progesterone in human endometrial stromal cells activates Elk-1 transcription factor
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 8, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 471-476; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Molecular aspects of pregnancy:

Anne Parle-McDermott, Faith Pangilinan, James L. Mills, Caroline C. Signore, Anne M. Molloy, Amanda Cotter, Mary Conley, Christopher Cox, Peadar N. Kirke, John M. Scott, and Lawrence C. Brody

A polymorphism in the MTHFD1 gene increases a mother’s risk of having an unexplained second trimester pregnancy loss
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 28, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 477-480; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K.A. Freed, D.W. Cooper, S.P. Brennecke, and E.K. Moses

Detection of CAG repeats in pre-eclampsia/eclampsia using the repeat expansion detection method
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 22, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 481-487; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Regulation of myometrial function and parturition:

Eric Levens, Xiaoping Luo, Li Ding, R. Stan Williams, and Nasser Chegini

Fibromodulin is expressed in leiomyoma and myometrium and regulated by gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue therapy and TGF-ß through Smad and MAPK-mediated signalling
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 22, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 489-494; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah187 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Penelope M. Sheehan, Gregory E. Rice, Eric K. Moses, and Shaun P. Brennecke

5ß-Dihydroprogesterone and steroid 5ß–reductase decrease in association with human parturition at term
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 28, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 495-501; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ahmed Shafik, Ali A. Shafik, Olfat El Sibai, and Ismail A. Shafik

Specialized pacemaking cells in the human Fallopian tube
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 22, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 503-505; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Molecular regulation of spermatogenesis:

M. Lynch, D.S. Cram, A. Reilly, M.K. O’Bryan, H.W.G. Baker, D.M. de Kretser, and R.I. McLachlan

The Y chromosome gr/gr subdeletion is associated with male infertility
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 22, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 507-512; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xin-Jun Yang, Toshikatsu Shinka, Shiari Nozawa, Hong-Tao Yan, Miki Yoshiike, Mayumi Umeno, Youichi Sato, Gang Chen, Teruaki Iwamoto, and Yutaka Nakahori

Survey of the two polymorphisms in DAZL, an autosomal candidate for the azoospermic factor, in Japanese infertile men and implications for male infertility
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 28, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 513-515; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Oliver-Bonet, P.J. Turek, F. Sun, E. Ko, and R.H. Martin

Temporal progression of recombination in human males
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 28, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 517-522; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Regulation of sperm function:

F.L.C. Moseley, K.N. Jha, Lars Björndahl, I.A. Brewis, S.J. Publicover, C.L.R. Barratt, and L. Lefièvre

Protein tyrosine phosphorylation, hyperactivation and progesterone-induced acrosome reaction are enhanced in IVF media: an effect that is not associated with an increase in protein kinase A activation
Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published on July 22, 2005
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 523-529; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Shirley Astle, Steven Thornton, and Donna M. Slater

Identification and localization of prostaglandin E₂ receptors in upper and lower segment human myometrium during pregnancy
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 531; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah195 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mina Alikani, Tim Schimmel, and Steen M. Willadsen

Cytoplasmic fragmentation in activated oocytes occurs in the cytokinetic phase of the cell cycle, in lieu of normal cytokinesis, and in response to cytoskeletal disorder
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 533-534; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah212 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eran Horowitz, Zhibing Zhang, Brian H. Jones, Stuart B. Moss, Clement Ho, Jennifer R. Wood, Xingmei Wang, Mary D. Sammel, and Jerome F. Strauss, III

Patterns of expression of sperm flagellar genes: early expression of genes encoding axonemal proteins during the spermatogenic cycle and shared features of promoters of genes encoding central apparatus proteins
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2005 11: 535; doi:10.1093/molehr/gah213 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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