Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010

Biology of Reproduction

The full issue is now available at academic.oup.com/biolreprod/issue/83/2
ISSN 0006-3363
EISSN 1529-7268


Minireview

Nuclear Receptors of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR) Family in Gestational Diabetes: From Animal Models to Clinical Trials

Author: Petra Arck, Bettina Toth, Aurelia Pestka, Udo Jeschke
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 168–176,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.083550


Testis

Development of a Short-Term Fluorescence-Based Assay to Assess the Toxicity of Anticancer Drugs on Rat Stem/Progenitor Spermatogonia In Vitro

Author: Ludovic Marcon, Xiangfan Zhang, Barbara F. Hales, Makoto C. Nagano, Bernard Robaire
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 228–237,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.083568

In Vitro Murine Spermatogenesis in an Organ Culture System

Author: Ayako Gohbara, Kumiko Katagiri, Takuya Sato, Yoshinobu Kubota, Hiroyuki Kagechika …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 261–267,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.083899


Reproductive Technology

Glucose Parameters Are Altered in Mouse Offspring Produced by Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

Author: Karen A. Scott, Yukiko Yamazaki, Miyuki Yamamoto, Yanling Lin, Susan J. Melhorn …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 220–227,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.109.082826

Improved In Vitro Culture Conditions to Enhance the Survival, Mitotic Activity, and Transplantability of Rainbow Trout Type A Spermatogonia

Author: Shinya Shikina, Goro Yoshizaki
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 268–276,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.109.082123

Mice Cloned from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs)

Author: Zhaohui Kou, Lan Kang, Ye Yuan, Yu Tao, Yu Zhang …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 238–243,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.084731


Mechanisms of Hormone Action

Expression and Signaling of G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor 1 (GPER) in Rat Sertoli Cells

Author: Thaís F. G. Lucas, Carine Royer, Erica R. Siu, Maria Fatima M. Lazari, Catarina S. Porto
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 307–317,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.084160


Toxicology

Paternal Exposure to Cyclophosphamide Affects the Progression of Sperm Chromatin Decondensation and Activates a DNA Damage Response in the Prepronuclear Rat Zygote

Author: Lisanne Grenier, Bernard Robaire, Barbara F. Hales
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 195–204,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.109.083345


Female Reproductive Tract

Antiphospholipid Antibodies Affect Human Endometrial Angiogenesis

Author: Nicoletta Di Simone, Fiorella Di Nicuolo, Silvia D’Ippolito, Roberta Castellani, Chiara Tersigni …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 212–219,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.083410

Time-Dependent Disruption of Oviduct Pacemaker Cells by Chlamydia Infection in Mice

Author: Rose Ellen Dixon, Kyle H. Ramsey, Justin H. Schripsema, Kenton M. Sanders, Sean M. Ward
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 244–253,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.083808

Neutralizing TIMP1 Restores Fecundity in a Rat Model of Endometriosis and Treating Control Rats with TIMP1 Causes Anomalies in Ovarian Function and Embryo Development

Author: Julie A.W. Stilley, Julie A. Birt, Susan C. Nagel, Miriam Sutovsky, Peter Sutovsky …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 185–194,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.109.083287

Differential Endometrial Gene Expression in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Sows

Author: Esben Østrup, Stefan Bauersachs, Helmut Blum, Eckhard Wolf, Poul Hyttel
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 277–285,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.109.082321

HOXA10 Inhibits Kruppel-Like Factor 9 Expression in the Human Endometrial Epithelium

Author: Hongling Du, Jennifer Sarno, Hugh S. Taylor
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 205–211,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.083980


Pregnancy

Antioxidant Defenses in the Rat Placenta in Late Gestation: Increased Labyrinthine Expression of Superoxide Dismutases, Glutathione Peroxidase 3, and Uncoupling Protein 2

Author: Megan L. Jones, Peter J. Mark, Jessica L. Lewis, Trevor A. Mori, Jeffery A. Keelan …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 254–260,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.083907


Embryo

Acceptance of Embryonic Stem Cells by a Wide Developmental Range of Mouse Tetraploid Embryos

Author: Chih-Jen Lin, Tomokazu Amano, Jifeng Zhang, Yuqing Eugene Chen, X. Cindy Tian
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 177–184,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.084707


Immunology

Regulation of a Bovine Nonclassical Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Gene Promoter

Author: Grace M. O’Gorman, Abdullah Al Naib, Shirley A. Ellis, Solomon Mamo, Alan M. O’Doherty …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 296–306,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.109.082560


Ovary

MicroRNA 21 Blocks Apoptosis in Mouse Periovulatory Granulosa Cells

Author: Martha Z. Carletti, Stephanie D. Fiedler, Lane K. Christenson
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 286–295,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.109.081448


Commentary

Preventing Granulosa Cell Apoptosis Through the Action of a Single MicroRNA

Author: Jon D. Hennebold
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 August 2010, Pages 165–167,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.086173