Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011

Biology of Reproduction

The full issue is now available at academic.oup.com/biolreprod/issue/84/3
ISSN 0006-3363
EISSN 1529-7268


Commentary

Are There Benefits from Having Two Genetic Fathers?

Author: Peter de Boer, Marieke de Vries
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 409–411,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.090472


Minireview

Trophoblast Stem Cells

Author: R. Michael Roberts, Susan J. Fisher
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 412–421,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.088724


Female Reproductive Tract

Two Regions Within the Proximal Steroidogenic Factor 1 Promoter Drive Somatic Cell-Specific Activity in Developing Gonads of the Female Mouse

Author: Liying Gao, Youngha Kim, Bongki Kim, Stacey M. Lofgren, Jennifer R. Schultz-Norton …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 422–434,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.084590


Testis

Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein 2 Binds to Selective, Intronic Messenger RNA and MicroRNA Targets in the Mouse Testis

Author: Mingang Xu, Norman B. Hecht
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 435–439,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.087114

Asynchronous Expression of the Homeodomain Protein CUX1 in Sertoli Cells and Spermatids During Spermatogenesis in Mice

Author: Melissa R. Kroll, Engela S. Viss, Jonathan Lamb, Joy Horstman, Alexander Powell …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 455–465,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.084335


Pregnancy

IGF2 Actions on Trophoblast in Human Placenta Are Regulated by the Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 Receptor, Which Can Function as Both a Signaling and Clearance Receptor

Author: Lynda K. Harris, Ian P. Crocker, Philip N. Baker, John D. Aplin, Melissa Westwood
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 440–446,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.088195

Thrombophilic-Type Placental Pathologies and Skeletal Growth Delay Following Maternal Administration of Angiostatin4.5 in Mice

Author: Catrin S. Rutland, Sarah D. Atkinson, Mallinath Mukhopadhyay, Keyi Jiang, Gerald A. Soff …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 505–513,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.083865

Labor and Inflammation Increase the Expression of Oxytocin Receptor in Human Amnion

Author: Vasso Terzidou, Andrew M. Blanks, Sung Hye Kim, Steven Thornton, Phillip R. Bennett
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 546–552,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.086785

Transforming Growth Factor Beta Regulates Proliferation and Invasion of Rat Placental Cell Lines

Author: Lyne Lafontaine, Parvesh Chaudhry, Marie-Judith Lafleur, Céline Van Themsche, Michael J. Soares …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 553–559,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.086348

Transection of the Pelvic or Vagus Nerve Forestalls Ripening of the Cervix and Delays Birth in Rats

Author: Lindsey A. Clyde, Thomas J. Lechuga, Charlotte A. Ebner, Alexandra E. Burns, Michael A. Kirby …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 587–594,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.086207


Neuroendocrinology

The Role of Nutrition in the Regulation of Luteinizing Hormone Secretion by the Opioidergic, Dopaminergic, and Serotonergic Systems in Female Mediterranean Goats

Author: Luis A. Zarazaga, Irma Celi, José Luis Guzmán, Benoît Malpaux
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 447–454,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.086520

The Effects of Estrogen and Progesterone on Blood Glutamate Levels: Evidence from Changes of Blood Glutamate Levels During the Menstrual Cycle in Women

Author: Alexander Zlotnik, Benjamin F. Gruenbaum, Boaz Mohar, Ruslan Kuts, Shaun E. Gruenbaum …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 581–586,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.088120


Pituitary

PPARG Regulates Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Signaling in LbetaT2 Cells In Vitro and Pituitary Gonadotroph Function In Vivo in Mice

Author: Shweta Sharma, Prem M. Sharma, Devendra S. Mistry, R. Jeffery Chang, Jerrold M. Olefsky …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 466–475,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.088005


Ovary

Insulin-Like Growth Factor 3 Is Involved in Oocyte Maturation in Zebrafish

Author: Jianzhen Li, Zhihao Liu, Deshou Wang, Christopher H.K. Cheng
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 476–486,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.086363

Regulation of Anti-Müllerian Hormone Production in the Cow: A Multiscale Study at Endocrine, Ovarian, Follicular, and Granulosa Cell Levels

Author: Charlène Rico, Claire Médigue, Stéphane Fabre, Peggy Jarrier, Martine Bontoux …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 560–571,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.088187

Follicular Fluid High-Density Lipoprotein-Associated Sphingosine 1-Phosphate (S1P) Promotes Human Granulosa Lutein Cell Migration via S1P Receptor Type 3 and Small G-Protein RAC1

Author: Steffi Becker, Soren von Otte, Horst Robenek, Klaus Diedrich, Jerzy-Roch Nofer
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 604–612,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.084152


Embryo

Transcript Profiling of Individual Twin Blastomeres Derived by Splitting Two-Cell Stage Murine Embryos

Author: R. Michael Roberts, Mika Katayama, Scott R. Magnuson, Michael T. Falduto, Karen E.O. Torres
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 487–494,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.086884

Impaired Mitochondrial Function in the Preimplantation Embryo Perturbs Fetal and Placental Development in the Mouse

Author: Sarah L. Wakefield, Michelle Lane, Megan Mitchell
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 572–580,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.087262


Mechanisms of Hormone Action

MAPK14 Cooperates with MAPK3/1 to Regulate Endothelin-1-Mediated Prostaglandin Synthase 2 Induction and Survival in Leiomyoma but Not in Normal Myometrial Cells

Author: Clement Oyeniran, Zahra Tanfin
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 495–504,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.089011


Male Reproductive Tract

SERPINE2, a Serine Protease Inhibitor Extensively Expressed in Adult Male Mouse Reproductive Tissues, May Serve as a Murine Sperm Decapacitation Factor

Author: Chung-Hao Lu, Robert Kuo-Kuang Lee, Yuh-Ming Hwu, Shian-Ling Chu, Ying-Jie Chen …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 514–525,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.085100


Gamete Biology

Zinc Requirement During Meiosis I–Meiosis II Transition in Mouse Oocytes Is Independent of the MOS-MAPK Pathway

Author: Miranda L. Bernhardt, Alison M. Kim, Thomas V. O’Halloran, Teresa K. Woodruff
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 526–536,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.086488

Kallmann Syndrome 1 Gene Is Expressed in the Marsupial Gonad

Author: Yanqiu Hu, Hongshi Yu, Geoff Shaw, Andrew J. Pask, Marilyn B. Renfree
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 595–603,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.087437


Reproductive Technology

Survival and Size Are Differentially Regulated by Placental and Fetal PKBalpha/AKT1 in Mice

Author: Vicki Plaks, Elina Berkovitz, Katrien Vandoorne, Tamara Berkutzki, Golda M. Damari …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 537–545,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.085951

Generation of Viable Male and Female Mice from Two Fathers

Author: Jian Min Deng, Kei Satoh, Hongran Wang, Hao Chang, Zhaoping Zhang …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 March 2011, Pages 613–618,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.110.088831