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New Research Horizon Reviews

Initiated at the end of 2007, this series provides a venue for brief summaries of current knowledge in basic science topics in reproductive medicine, accommodating the option of including snippets of unpublished data or hypotheses pointing to New Research Horizons. Timely overviews of new technologies are also welcome in this series.

Although many reviews are invited, spontaneous submissions within the scope of the journal are encouraged. The text length should be concise (~5000 words) and Tables (1-3) and Figures (1-3, colour preferred) are helpful. An unstructured abstract (< 250 words) is needed.

The editorial office (editorial{at}humanreproduction.co.uk) can be contacted at any time for information of invited topics already in the pipeline.

List of All New Research Horizon Reviews

From the Current Issue: December 2009; 15 (12) [Table of Contents]

Candace Tingen, Alison Kim, and Teresa K. Woodruff
The primordial pool of follicles and nest breakdown in mammalian ovaries
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 795-803.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

G.M. Hartshorne, S. Lyrakou, H. Hamoda, E. Oloto, and F. Ghafari
Oogenesis and cell death in human prenatal ovaries: what are the criteria for oocyte selection?
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 805-819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jaeyeon Kim, Indrani C. Bagchi, and Milan K. Bagchi
Control of ovulation in mice by progesterone receptor-regulated gene networks
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 821-828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen G. Hillier
Paracrine support of ovarian stimulation
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 843-850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

From Past Issues:

Nafis A. Rahman and C.V. Rao
Recent progress in luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotrophin hormone research
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 703-711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A.G. Braundmeier and A.T. Fazleabas
The non-human primate model of endometriosis: research and implications for fecundity
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 577-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sun-Wei Guo
Epigenetics of endometriosis
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 587-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sun-Wei Guo, Peter Simsa, Cleophas M. Kyama, Attila Mihalyi, Vilmos Fulop, Essam-Eldin R. Othman, and Thomas M. D'Hooghe
Reassessing the evidence for the link between dioxin and endometriosis: from molecular biology to clinical epidemiology
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 609-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, Stefan Schlatt, Manuela Simoni, Ching-Hei Yeung, Mahmoud Abu Elhija, Craig Marc Luetjens, Mahmoud Huleihel, and Joachim Wistuba
New horizons for in vitro spermatogenesis? An update on novel three-dimensional culture systems as tools for meiotic and post-meiotic differentiation of testicular germ cells
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 521-529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Heide Schatten and Qing-Yuan Sun
The role of centrosomes in mammalian fertilization and its significance for ICSI
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 531-538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Meijia Zhang, Hong Ouyang, and Guoliang Xia
The signal pathway of gonadotrophins-induced mammalian oocyte meiotic resumption
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 399-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pulak R. Manna, Matthew T. Dyson, and Douglas M. Stocco
Regulation of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein gene expression: present and future perspectives
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 321-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hiroshi Fujiwara
Do circulating blood cells contribute to maternal tissue remodeling and embryo–maternal cross-talk around the implantation period?
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 335-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M.G. Katz-Jaffe, S. McReynolds, D.K. Gardner, and W.B. Schoolcraft
The role of proteomics in defining the human embryonic secretome
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 271-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guang-Bin Zhou and Ning Li
Cryopreservation of porcine oocytes: recent advances
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 279-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ayhan Kocer, Judith Reichmann, Diana Best, and Ian R. Adams
Germ cell sex determination in mammals
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 205-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Qi Chen, Ying Zhang, Jinhua Lu, Qiang Wang, Shuangjie Wang, Yujing Cao, Haibin Wang, and Enkui Duan
Embryo–uterine cross-talk during implantation: the role of Wnt signaling
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 215-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Janet E. Holt and Keith T. Jones
Control of homologous chromosome division in the mammalian oocyte
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 139-147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mo Li, Heide Schatten, and Qing-Yuan Sun
Androgen receptor's destiny in mammalian oocytes: a new hypothesis
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 149-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jing-He Tan, Hui-Li Wang, Xing-Shen Sun, Yong Liu, Hong-Shu Sui, and Jie Zhang
Chromatin configurations in the germinal vesicle of mammalian oocytes
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15: 1-9. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Henry J. Leese, Christoph G. Baumann, Daniel R. Brison, Tom G. McEvoy, and Roger G. Sturmey
Metabolism of the viable mammalian embryo: quietness revisited
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 667-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Qinglei Li, Laurie J. McKenzie, and Martin M. Matzuk
Revisiting oocyte–somatic cell interactions: in search of novel intrafollicular predictors and regulators of oocyte developmental competence
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 673-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lucy Botros, Denny Sakkas, and Emre Seli
Metabolomics and its application for non-invasive embryo assessment in IVF
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 679-690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christine E. Bell, Michele D. Calder, and Andrew J. Watson
Genomic RNA profiling and the programme controlling preimplantation mammalian development
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 691-701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dagan Wells, Samer Alfarawati, and Elpida Fragouli
Use of comprehensive chromosomal screening for embryo assessment: microarrays and CGH
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 703-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew J. Childs, Philippa T.K. Saunders, and Richard A. Anderson
Modelling germ cell development in vitro
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 501-511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

B.V. Johnson, N. Shindo, P.D. Rathjen, J. Rathjen, and R.A. Keough
Understanding pluripotency—how embryonic stem cells keep their options open
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 513-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jonathan Van Blerkom, Patrick Davis, and Verena Thalhammer
Regulation of mitochondrial polarity in mouse and human oocytes: the influence of cumulus derived nitric oxide
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 431-444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D.H. Betts and P. Madan
Permanent embryo arrest: molecular and cellular concepts
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 445-453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. Defrere, J.C. Lousse, R. Gonzalez-Ramos, S. Colette, J. Donnez, and A. Van Langendonckt
Potential involvement of iron in the pathogenesis of peritoneal endometriosis
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 377-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anne Van Langendonckt, Jacques Donnez, Sylvie Defrere, Gerard A.J. Dunselman, and Patrick G. Groothuis
Antiangiogenic and vascular-disrupting agents in endometriosis: pitfalls and promises
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 259-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Catriona Paul, David W. Melton, and Philippa T.K. Saunders
Do heat stress and deficits in DNA repair pathways have a negative impact on male fertility?
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 14: 1-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jonathan Van Blerkom and Patrick Davis
Mitochondrial signaling and fertilization
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 13: 759-770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Terrance Lee, Chirag Shah, and Eugene Yujun Xu
Gene trap mutagenesis: a functional genomics approach towards reproductive research
Mol. Hum. Reprod. 13: 771-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]