Embryo:

Susanne Tranguch, Nury Steuerwald, and Yvette M. Huet-Hudson

Nitric Oxide Synthase Production and Nitric Oxide Regulation of Preimplantation Embryo Development
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1538-1544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tae Sub Park, Dong Kee Jeong, Jin Nam Kim, Gwon Hwa Song, Yeong Ho Hong, Jeong Mook Lim, and Jae Yong Han

Improved Germline Transmission in Chicken Chimeras Produced by Transplantation of Gonadal Primordial Germ Cells into Recipient Embryos
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1657-1662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hung-Chih Kuo, K.-Y. Francis Pau, Richard R. Yeoman, Shoukhrat M. Mitalipov, Hideyuki Okano, and Don P. Wolf

Differentiation of Monkey Embryonic Stem Cells into Neural Lineages
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1727-1735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Sutovsky, Tod C. McCauley, Miriam Sutovsky, and Billy N. Day

Early Degradation of Paternal Mitochondria in Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa) Is Prevented by Selective Proteasomal Inhibitors Lactacystin and MG132
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1793-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Hinck, J.P. Thissen, and R. De Hertogh

Identification of Caspase-6 in Rat Blastocysts and Its Implication in the Induction of Apoptosis by High Glucose
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1808-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Female Reproductive Tract:

Dariusz J. Skarzynski, Jerzy J. Jaroszewski, Mamadou M. Bah, Katarzyna M. Deptula, Beata Barszczewska, Barbara Gawronska, and William Hansel

Administration of a Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor Counteracts Prostaglandin F₂-Induced Luteolysis in Cattle
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1674-1681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Tessier, Anne Prigent-Tessier, Lei Bao, Carlos M. Telleria, Susan Ferguson-Gottschall, Gil B. Gibori, Yan Gu, Jennifer M. Bowen-Shauver, Nelson D. Horseman, and Geula Gibori

Decidual Activin: Its Role In the Apoptotic Process and Its Regulation by Prolactin
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1687-1694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie Baran, Paul A. Kelly, and Nadine Binart

Decysin, a New Member of the Metalloproteinase Family, Is Regulated by Prolactin and Steroids During Mouse Pregnancy
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1787-1792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Po Mui Lam, Christine Briton-Jones, Che Kwok Cheung, Ingrid Hung Lok, Pong Mo Yuen, Lai Ping Cheung, and Christopher Haines

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in the Human Oviduct: Localization and Regulation of Messenger RNA Expression In Vivo
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1870-1876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gamete Biology:

Naciye Mulayim, Steven F. Palter, Umit A. Kayisli, Levent Senturk, and Aydin Arici

Chemokine Receptor Expression in Human Endometrium
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1491-1495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arabinda Mandal, Kenneth L. Klotz, Jagathpala Shetty, Friederike L. Jayes, Michael J. Wolkowicz, Laura C. Bolling, Scott A. Coonrod, Michael B. Black, Alan B. Diekman, Timothy A.J. Haystead, Charles J. Flickinger, and John C. Herr

SLLP1, A Unique, Intra-acrosomal, Non-bacteriolytic, c Lysozyme-Like Protein of Human Spermatozoa
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1525-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Germaine Fu, Parinaz Ghadam, Allen Sirotkin, Saadi Khochbin, Arthur I. Skoultchi, and Hugh J. Clarke

Mouse Oocytes and Early Embryos Express Multiple Histone H1 Subtypes
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1569-1576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sabine Kölle, Miodrag Stojkovic, Gudrun Boie, Eckhard Wolf, and Fred Sinowatz

Growth Hormone-Related Effects on Apoptosis, Mitosis, and Expression of Connexin 43 in Bovine In Vitro Maturation Cumulus-Oocyte Complexes
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1584-1589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Han-Chen Ho and Susan S. Suarez

Characterization of the Intracellular Calcium Store at the Base of the Sperm Flagellum That Regulates Hyperactivated Motility
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1590-1596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomohiro Sasanami, Masaru Toriyama, and Makoto Mori

Carboxy-Terminal Proteolytic Processing at a Consensus Furin Cleavage Site Is a Prerequisite Event for Quail ZPC Secretion
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1613-1619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marilyn J. O'Brien, Janice K. Pendola, and John J. Eppig

A Revised Protocol for In Vitro Development of Mouse Oocytes from Primordial Follicles Dramatically Improves Their Developmental Competence
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1682-1686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monika A. Szczygiel, Stefan Moisyadi, and W. Steven Ward

Expression of Foreign DNA Is Associated with Paternal Chromosome Degradation in Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection-Mediated Transgenesis in the Mouse
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1903-1910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Immunology:

Margaret G. Petroff, Lieping Chen, Teresa A. Phillips, Dagmar Azzola, Peter Sedlmayr, and Joan S. Hunt

B7 Family Molecules Are Favorably Positioned at the Human Maternal-Fetal Interface
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1496-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ruo-Lan Xiang, Fei Zhou, Ying Yang, and Jing-Pian Peng

Construction of the Plasmid pCMV4-rZPC' DNA Vaccine and Analysis of Its Contraceptive Potential¹
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1518-1524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Youngsok Choi, Greg A. Johnson, Thomas E. Spencer, and Fuller W. Bazer

Pregnancy and Interferon Tau Regulate Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I and ß₂-Microglobulin Expression in the Ovine Uterus
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1703-1710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Maria S. Assreuy, Nylane M.N. Alencar, Benildo S. Cavada, Duílio R. Rocha-Filho, Regina F.G. Feitosa, Fernando Q. Cunha, Juan J. Calvete, and Ronaldo A. Ribeiro

Porcine Spermadhesin PSP-I/PSP-II Stimulates Macrophages to Release a Neutrophil Chemotactic Substance: Modulation by Mast Cells
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1836-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Male Reproductive Tract:

K.H. Cheung, C.T. Leung, G.P.H. Leung, and P.Y.D. Wong

Synergistic Effects of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator and Aquaporin-9 in the Rat Epididymis
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1505-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mechanisms of Hormone Action:

Hirohiko Kagawa, Koichiro Gen, Koichi Okuzawa, and Hideki Tanaka

Effects of Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I on Aromatase Activity and P450 Aromatase Gene Expression in the Ovarian Follicles of Red Seabream, Pagrus major
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1562-1568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heather J. Roberts, Siqin Hu, Qing Qiu, Peter C.K. Leung, Isabella Caniggia, Andrée Gruslin, Benjamin Tsang, and Chun Peng

Identification of Novel Isoforms of Activin Receptor-Like Kinase 7 (ALK7) Generated by Alternative Splicing and Expression of ALK7 and Its Ligand, Nodal, in Human Placenta
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1719-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joëlle Dupont, Judith McNeilly, Anne Vaiman, Sylvie Canepa, Yves Combarnous, and Catherine Taragnat

Activin Signaling Pathways in Ovine Pituitary and LßT2 Gonadotrope Cells
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1877-1887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Catherine Celebi, Thierry Guillaudeux, Pierrïck Auvray, Virginie Vallet-Erdtmann, and Bernard Jégou

The Making of "Transgenic Spermatozoa"
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1477-1483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuroendocrinology:

Helena Zapatero-Caballero, Franco Sanchez-Franco, Natalia Guerra-Perez, Carolina Fernandez-Mendez, and Gumersindo Fernandez-Vazquez

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Gene Expression During Pubertal Development of Male Rats
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1764-1770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ovary:

Jamie C. Benedict, Kimberly P. Miller, Tien-Min Lin, Chuck Greenfeld, Janice K. Babus, Richard E. Peterson, and Jodi A. Flaws

Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Regulates Growth, But Not Atresia, of Mouse Preantral and Antral Follicles
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1511-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasutoshi Yoshiura, Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran, Masatada Watanabe, Yuichi Oba, Tohru Kobayashi, and Yoshitaka Nagahama

Synergistic Expression of Ad4BP/SF-1 and Cytochrome P-450 Aromatase (Ovarian Type) in the Ovary of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, During Vitellogenesis Suggests Transcriptional Interaction
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1545-1553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Griselda Irusta, Fernanda Parborell, Marina Peluffo, Pulak R. Manna, Silvia I. Gonzalez-Calvar, Ricardo Calandra, Douglas M. Stocco, and Marta Tesone

Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein in Ovarian Follicles of Gonadotropin-Stimulated Rats Is Regulated by a Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1577-1583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas R. Danforth, Laura K. Arbogast, Sue Ghosh, Alexandra Dickerman, Rana Rofagha, and Chad I. Friedman

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Stimulates Preantral Follicle Growth in the Rat Ovary
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1736-1741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alain Martoriati, Guy Duchamp, and Nadine Gérard

In Vivo Effect of Epidermal Growth Factor, Interleukin-1ß, and Interleukin-1RA on Equine Preovulatory Follicles
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1748-1754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Hirayama, Tarek M. Bajari, Johannes Nimpf, and Wolfgang Johann Schneider

Receptor-Mediated Chicken Oocyte Growth: Differential Expression of Endophilin Isoforms in Developing Follicles
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1850-1860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L.L. Espey, T. Ujioka, H. Okamura, and J.S. Richards

Metallothionein-1 Messenger RNA Transcription in Steroid-Secreting Cells of the Rat Ovary During the Periovulatory Period
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1895-1902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas C. Zachos, Reinhart B. Billiar, Eugene D. Albrecht, and Gerald J. Pepe

Developmental Regulation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Messenger RNA Expression in the Baboon Fetal Ovary
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1911-1917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pregnancy:

K.B.C. Apparao, Maria J. Illera, Stan A. Beyler, Gary E. Olson, Kevin G. Osteen, Martha H. Corjay, Kim Boggess, and Bruce A. Lessey

Regulated Expression of Osteopontin in the Peri-Implantation Rabbit Uterus
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1484-1490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peta L. Grigsby, Jonathan J. Hirst, Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck, David J. Phillips, and Graham Jenkin

Fetal Responses to Maternal and Intra-Amniotic Lipopolysaccharide Administration in Sheep
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1695-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kotaro Fukushima, Shingo Miyamoto, Hajime Komatsu, Kiyomi Tsukimori, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Seki, Satoru Takeda, and Hitoo Nakano

TNF-Induced Apoptosis and Integrin Switching in Human Extravillous Trophoblast Cell Line
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1771-1778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyukjung Kwon, Thomas E. Spencer, Fuller W. Bazer, and Guoyao Wu

Developmental Changes of Amino Acids in Ovine Fetal Fluids
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1813-1820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rachel M. Tribe, Patrick Moriarty, Annette Dalrymple, Abdul A. Hassoni, and Lucilla Poston

Interleukin-1ß Induces Calcium Transients and Enhances Basal and Store Operated Calcium Entry in Human Myometrial Smooth Muscle
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1842-1849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florent Hubé, Pascale Reverdiau, Sophie Iochmann, Sylvie Trassard, Gilles Thibault, and Yves Gruel

Demonstration of a Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor 2 Messenger RNA Synthesis by Pure Villous Cytotrophoblast Cells Isolated from Term Human Placentas
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1888-1894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Flavia L. Lopes, Joëlle Desmarais, Nicolas Y. Gévry, Sandra Ledoux, and Bruce D. Murphy

Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Isoforms and Receptors Flt-1 and KDR During the Peri-Implantation Period in the Mink, Mustela vison
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1926-1933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reproductive Technology:

Sankha Bhowmick, Liben Zhu, Lynda McGinnis, Joel Lawitts, Bharat D. Nath, Mehmet Toner, and John Biggers

Desiccation Tolerance of Spermatozoa Dried at Ambient Temperature: Production of Fetal Mice
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1779-1786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narumi Ogonuki, Keiji Mochida, Kimiko Inoue, Junichiro Matsuda, Yoshie Yamamoto, Kaoru Takano, and Atsuo Ogura

Fertilization of Oocytes and Birth of Normal Pups Following Intracytoplasmic Injection with Spermatids in Mastomys (Praomys coucha)
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1821-1827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Szabolcs Nagy, Johannes Jansen, Einko K. Topper, and Barend M. Gadella

A Triple-Stain Flow Cytometric Method to Assess Plasma- and Acrosome-Membrane Integrity of Cryopreserved Bovine Sperm Immediately after Thawing in Presence of Egg-Yolk Particles
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1828-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Comizzoli, F. Urner, D. Sakkas, and J.P. Renard

Up-Regulation of Glucose Metabolism During Male Pronucleus Formation Determines the Early Onset of the S Phase in Bovine Zygotes
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1934-1940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Testis:

Luiz R. França and Christiane L. Godinho

Testis Morphometry, Seminiferous Epithelium Cycle Length, and Daily Sperm Production in Domestic Cats (Felis catus)
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1554-1561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wing-yee Lui, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng

Transforming Growth Factor ß3 Regulates the Dynamics of Sertoli Cell Tight Junctions Via the p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1597-1612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genyan Yang, Yong-Lian Zhang, Gregory M. Buchold, Anton M. Jetten, and Deborah A. O'Brien

Analysis of Germ Cell Nuclear Factor Transcripts and Protein Expression During Spermatogenesis
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1620-1630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M.L. Barreiro, J.S. Suominen, F. Gaytán, L. Pinilla, L.K. Chopin, F.F. Casanueva, C. Diéguez, E. Aguilar, J. Toppari, and M. Tena-Sempere

Developmental, Stage-Specific, and Hormonally Regulated Expression of Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Messenger RNA in Rat Testis
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1631-1640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Charron, Janet S. Folmer, and William W. Wright

A 3-Kilobase Region Derived from the Rat Cathepsin L Gene Directs In Vivo Expression of a Reporter Gene in Sertoli Cells in a Manner Comparable to That of the Endogenous Gene
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1641-1648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Charron, Joshua N. DeCerbo, and William W. Wright

A GC-Box Within the Proximal Promoter Region of the Rat Cathepsin L Gene Activates Transcription in Sertoli Cells of Sexually Mature Rats
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1649-1656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ravinder Jit Kaur Anand, Hans-Joachim Paust, Klaus Altenpohl, and Amal K. Mukhopadhyay

Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Production by Leydig Cells In Vitro: The Role of Protein Kinase A and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1663-1673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica Killian, Kyriakos Pratis, Rebecca J. Clifton, Peter G. Stanton, David M. Robertson, and Liza O'Donnell

5-Reductase Isoenzymes 1 and 2 in the Rat Testis During Postnatal Development
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1711-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter J. McClive and Andrew H. Sinclair

Type II and Type IX Collagen Transcript Isoforms Are Expressed During Mouse Testis Development
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1742-1747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomohiko Wakayama, Hiroyuki Koami, Hiroyuki Ariga, Daisuke Kobayashi, Yoshimichi Sai, Akira Tsuji, Miyuki Yamamoto, and Shoichi Iseki

Expression and Functional Characterization of the Adhesion Molecule Spermatogenic Immunoglobulin Superfamily in the Mouse Testis
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1755-1763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mito Kanatsu-Shinohara, Shinya Toyokuni, Takeshi Morimoto, Shigeyuki Matsui, Tasuku Honjo, and Takashi Shinohara

Functional Assessment of Self-Renewal Activity of Male Germline Stem Cells Following Cytotoxic Damage and Serial Transplantation
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1801-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shizuyo Sutou, Keiko Miwa, Tadashi Matsuura, Yushi Kawasaki, Yasuhide Ohinata, and Youji Mitsui

Native Tesmin Is a 60-Kilodalton Protein that Undergoes Dynamic Changes in Its Localization During Spermatogenesis in Mice
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1861-1869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Kaneko, J. Noguchi, K. Kikuchi, and Y. Hasegawa

Molecular Weight Forms of Inhibin A and Inhibin B in the Bovine Testis Change with Age
Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1918-1925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Additions and Corrections:

Biol Reprod 2003 68: 1941. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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