Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014

Biology of Reproduction

The full issue is now available at academic.oup.com/biolreprod/issue/90/4
ISSN 0006-3363
EISSN 1529-7268


Immunology

Glucocorticoids Sensitize Rat Placental Inflammatory Responses via Inhibiting Lipoxin A4 Biosynthesis

Author: Dongxin Zhang, Yongsheng Li, Huizhen Peng, Haojing Liu, Qiong Cheng …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 74, 1-13,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.116384


Testis

Cell-Surface DEAD-Box Polypeptide 4-Immunoreactive Cells and Gonocytes Are Two Distinct Populations in Postnatal Porcine Testes

Author: Kazue Kakiuchi, Ayaka Tsuda, Yuki Goto, Takanori Shimada, Kazumi Taniguchi …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 82, 1-11,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.114405

Wt1 Is Involved in Leydig Cell Steroid Hormone Biosynthesis by Regulating Paracrine Factor Expression in Mice

Author: Min Chen, Xiaona Wang, Yanbo Wang, Lianjun Zhang, Binyang Xu …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 71, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.114702

Spermatogonial Stem Cell Quest: nanos2, Marker of a Subpopulation of Undifferentiated A Spermatogonia in Trout Testis

Author: Johanna Bellaiche, Jean-Jacques Lareyre, Chantal Cauty, Ayaka Yano, Isabelle Allemand …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 79, 1-14,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.116392


Gamete Biology

Effect of Corticosterone and Hen Body Mass on Primary Sex Ratio in Laying Hen (Gallus gallus), Using Unincubated Eggs

Author: Muhammad Aamir Aslam, Ton G.G. Groothuis, Mari A. Smits, Henri Woelders
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 76, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.115352

Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Sustains In Vitro Primordial Follicle Viability by Enhancing Stromal Cell Proliferation via MAPK and PI3K Pathways in the Prepubertal, but Not Adult, Cat Ovary

Author: Mayako Fujihara, Pierre Comizzoli, Carol L. Keefer, David E. Wildt, Nucharin Songsasen
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 86, 1-10,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.115089

Human Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Possess the Potential to Differentiate into Primordial Follicle Oocytes In Vitro

Author: Xiaoli Yu, Ning Wang, Rong Qiang, Qianhui Wan, Mingming Qin …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 73, 1-11,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.112920

Uptake of Betaine into Mouse Cumulus-Oocyte Complexes via the SLC7A6 Isoform of y+L Transporter

Author: Hannah E. Corbett, Chantal D. Dubé, Sandy Slow, Michael Lever, Jacquetta M. Trasler …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 81, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.116939


Pregnancy

A Murine Uterine Transcriptome, Responsive to Steroid Receptor Coactivator-2, Reveals Transcription Factor 23 as Essential for Decidualization of Human Endometrial Stromal Cells

Author: Ramakrishna Kommagani, Maria M. Szwarc, Ertug Kovanci, Chad J. Creighton, Bert W. O’Malley …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 75, 1-11,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.117531

RhoGDI2 Is Expressed in Human Trophoblasts and Involved in Their Migration by Inhibiting the Activation of RAC1

Author: Sishi Liu, Hong Cui, Qiuling Li, Lijuan Zhang, Quan Na …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 88, 1-7,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.111153

Arginine Decarboxylase and Agmatinase: An Alternative Pathway for De Novo Biosynthesis of Polyamines for Development of Mammalian Conceptuses

Author: Xiaoqiu Wang, Wei Ying, Kathrin A. Dunlap, Gang Lin, M. Carey Satterfield …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 84, 1-15,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.114637


Ovary

Loss of the Proapoptotic BH3-Only Protein BCL-2 Modifying Factor Prolongs the Fertile Life Span in Female Mice

Author: Seng H. Liew, Kavitha Vaithiyanathan, Michele Cook, Philippe Bouillet, Clare L. Scott …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 77, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.116947


World of Reproductive Biology

World of Reproductive Biology

Author: Charlotte Schubert, Ph.D.
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 70, 1-3,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.118216


Female Reproductive Tract

Local Activation of Uterine Toll-Like Receptor 2 and 2/6 Decreases Embryo Implantation and Affects Uterine Receptivity in Mice

Author: Javier Arturo Sanchez-Lopez, Ignacio Caballero, Mehrnaz Montazeri, Nasim Maslehat, Sarah Elliott …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 87, 1-13,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.115253


Toxicology

Effects of Four Chemotherapeutic Agents, Bleomycin, Etoposide, Cisplatin, and Cyclophosphamide, on DNA Damage and Telomeres in a Mouse Spermatogonial Cell Line

Author: Mingxi Liu, Barbara F. Hales, Bernard Robaire
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 72, 1-10,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.117754


Embryo

In Vitro Fertilization Affects Growth and Glucose Metabolism in a Sex-Specific Manner in an Outbred Mouse Model

Author: Annemarie Donjacour, Xiaowei Liu, Wingka Lin, Rhodel Simbulan, Paolo F. Rinaudo
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 80, 1-10,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.113134

Preconception Zinc Deficiency Disrupts Postimplantation Fetal and Placental Development in Mice

Author: Xi Tian, Kate Anthony, Thomas Neuberger, Francisco J. Diaz
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 83, 1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.113910


Minireview

The Ovarian Reserve of Primordial Follicles and the Dynamic Reserve of Antral Growing Follicles: What Is the Link?

Author: Danielle Monniaux, Frédérique Clément, Rozenn Dalbiès-Tran, Anthony Estienne, Stéphane Fabre …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 85, 1-11,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.117077


Mechanisms of Hormone Action

Leptin-Promoted Human Extravillous Trophoblast Invasion Is MMP14 Dependent and Requires the Cross Talk Between Notch1 and PI3K/Akt Signaling

Author: Huayang Wang, Huanhuan Cheng, Qianqian Shao, Zhaogang Dong, Qi Xie …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 90, Issue 4, 1 April 2014, 78, 1-10,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.114876