Embryo:

Michelle Lane and David K. Gardner

Ammonium Induces Aberrant Blastocyst Differentiation, Metabolism, pH Regulation, Gene Expression and Subsequently Alters Fetal Development in the Mouse
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1109-1117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jakob O. Gjørret, Hiemke M. Knijn, Steph J. Dieleman, Birthe Avery, Lars-Inge Larsson, and Poul Maddox-Hyttel

Chronology of Apoptosis in Bovine Embryos Produced In Vivo and In Vitro
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1193-1200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vernadeth B. Alarcón and Yusuke Marikawa

Deviation of the Blastocyst Axis from the First Cleavage Plane Does Not Affect the Quality of Mouse Postimplantation Development
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1208-1212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiemke M. Knijn, Jakob O. Gjørret, Peter L.A.M. Vos, Peter J.M. Hendriksen, Bert C. van der Weijden, Poul Maddox-Hyttel, and Steph J. Dieleman

Consequences of In Vivo Development and Subsequent Culture on Apoptosis, Cell Number, and Blastocyst Formation in Bovine Embryos
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1371-1378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Lonergan, D. Rizos, A. Gutiérrez-Adán, P.M. Moreira, B. Pintado, J. de la Fuente, and M.P. Boland

Temporal Divergence in the Pattern of Messenger RNA Expression in Bovine Embryos Cultured from the Zygote to Blastocyst Stage In Vitro or In Vivo
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1424-1431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Female Reproductive Tract:

Kyoko Inoue, Kazuto Nakamura, Kazuko Abe, Takashi Hirakawa, Megumi Tsuchiya, Yuki Oomori, Hiroko Matsuda, Kaoru Miyamoto, and Takashi Minegishi

Mechanisms of Action of Transforming Growth Factor ß on the Expression of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels in Rat Granulosa Cells
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1238-1244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Brasted, C.A. White, T.G. Kennedy, and L.A. Salamonsen

Mimicking the Events of Menstruation in the Murine Uterus
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1273-1280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Missaka P.B. Wijayagunawardane, Christoph Gabler, Gary Killian, and Akio Miyamoto

Tumor Necrosis Factor in the Bovine Oviduct During the Estrous Cycle: Messenger RNA Expression and Effect on Secretion of Prostaglandins, Endothelin-1, and Angiotensin II
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1341-1346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucy Gardner and Ashley Moffett

Dendritic Cells in the Human Decidua
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1438-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gamete Biology:

Ashley I. Yudin, Theodore L. Tollner, Ming-Wen Li, Cathy A. Treece, James W. Overstreet, and Gary N. Cherr

ESP13.2, a Member of the ß-Defensin Family, Is a Macaque Sperm Surface-Coating Protein Involved in the Capacitation Process
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1118-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wattana Weerachatyanukul, Hongbin Xu, Araya Anupriwan, Euridice Carmona, Michael Wade, Louis Hermo, Solange Maria da Silva, Peter Rippstein, Prasert Sobhon, Prapee Sretarugsa, and Nongnuj Tanphaichitr

Acquisition of Arylsulfatase A onto the Mouse Sperm Surface During Epididymal Transit
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1183-1192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ciler Celik-Ozenci, Jillian Catalanotti, Attila Jakab, Cinar Aksu, David Ward, Patricia Bray-Ward, Ramazan Demir, and Gabor Huszar

Human Sperm Maintain Their Shape Following Decondensation and Denaturation for Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization: Shape Analysis and Objective Morphometry
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1347-1355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G.H. Vázquez-Nin, O.M. Echeverría, R. Ortiz, C. Scassellati, T.E. Martin, E. Ubaldo, and S. Fakan

Fine Structural Cytochemical Analysis of Homologous Chromosome Recognition, Alignment, and Pairing in Guinea Pig Spermatogonia and Spermatocytes
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1362-1370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomohiro Sasanami, Ahmed M. Hanafy, Masaru Toriyama, and Makoto Mori

Variant of Perivitelline Membrane Glycoprotein ZPC of Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) Lacking Its Cytoplasmic Tail Exhibits the Retention in the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO-K1) Cells
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1401-1407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle Thérien and Puttaswamy Manjunath

Effect of Progesterone on Bovine Sperm Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1408-1415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Male Reproductive Tract:

Yaoxian Xu, Ching-Hei Yeung, Iwan Setiawan, Cosmina Avram, Jürg Biber, Andrea Wagenfeld, Florian Lang, and Trevor G. Cooper

Sodium-Inorganic Phosphate Cotransporter NaP_i-IIb in the Epididymis and Its Potential Role in Male Fertility Studied in a Transgenic Mouse Model
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1135-1141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mechanisms of Hormone Action:

Xuxia Wu, See-Tong Pang, Lena Sahlin, Agneta Blanck, Gunnar Norstedt, and Amilcar Flores-Morales

Gene Expression Profiling of the Effects of Castration and Estrogen Treatment in the Rat Uterus
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1308-1317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Patrick M. Martin, Ann E. Sutherland, and Lon J. Van Winkle

Amino Acid Transport Regulates Blastocyst Implantation
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1101-1108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuroendocrinology:

Niamh Scanlan, Laurence Dufourny, and Donal C. Skinner

Somatostatin-14 Neurons in the Ovine Hypothalamus: Colocalization with Estrogen Receptor and Somatostatin-28(1–12) Immunoreactivity, and Activation in Response to Estradiol
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1318-1324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G.A. Lincoln, H. Andersson, and I.J. Clarke

Prolactin Cycles in Sheep under Constant Photoperiod: Evidence That Photorefractoriness Develops Within the Pituitary Gland Independently of the Prolactin Output Signal
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1416-1423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ovary:

Eric E. Nilsson and Michael K. Skinner

Bone Morphogenetic Protein-4 Acts as an Ovarian Follicle Survival Factor and Promotes Primordial Follicle Development
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1265-1272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Agneta Balla, Natalia Danilovich, Yinzhi Yang, and M. Ram Sairam

Dynamics of Ovarian Development in the FORKO Immature Mouse: Structural and Functional Implications for Ovarian Reserve
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1281-1293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yinzhi Yang, Agneta Balla, Natalia Danilovich, and M. Ram Sairam

Developmental and Molecular Aberrations Associated with Deterioration of Oogenesis During Complete or Partial Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Deficiency in Mice
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1294-1302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Uma, P. Muraly, Shalu Verma-Kumar, and R. Medhamurthy

Determination of Onset of Apoptosis in Granulosa Cells of the Preovulatory Follicles in the Bonnet Monkey (Macaca radiata): Correlation with Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activities
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1379-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Shimizu, Jin-Yi Jiang, Koji Iijima, Kanako Miyabayashi, Yoshinori Ogawa, Hiroshi Sasada, and Eimei Sato

Induction of Follicular Development by Direct Single Injection of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Fragments into the Ovary of Miniature Gilts
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1388-1393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pituitary:

C.A. Stackpole, A.I. Turner, I.J. Clarke, G.W. Lambert, and A.J. Tilbrook

Seasonal Differences in the Effect of Isolation and Restraint Stress on the Luteinizing Hormone Response to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Hypothalamopituitary Disconnected, Gonadectomized Rams and Ewes
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1158-1164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yohei Okada, Akiko Murota-Kawano, Sham S. Kakar, and Stephen J. Winters

Evidence that Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) II Stimulates Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion from Monkey Pituitary Cultures by Activating the GnRH I Receptor
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1356-1361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pregnancy:

Nicoletta Di Simone, Nicola Maggiano, Dario Caliandro, Patrizia Riccardi, Antonella Evangelista, Brigida Carducci, and Alessandro Caruso

Homocysteine Induces Trophoblast Cell Death with Apoptotic Features
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1129-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ari M. Mackler, Travis C. Ducsay, Charles A. Ducsay, and Steven M. Yellon

Effects of Endotoxin and Macrophage-Related Cytokines on the Contractile Activity of the Gravid Murine Uterus
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1165-1169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhihua Jiang, Ming Zhang, Vaughn D. Wasem, Jennifer J. Michal, Hao Zhang, and Raymond W. Wright, Jr

Census of Genes Expressed in Porcine Embryos and Reproductive Tissues by Mining an Expressed Sequence Tag Database Based on Human Genes
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1177-1182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mei Li and Rodney E. Kellems

Sp1 and Sp3 Are Important Regulators of AP-2 Gene Transcription
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1220-1230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason W. Ross, Jerry R. Malayer, Jerry W. Ritchey, and Rodney D. Geisert

Characterization of the Interleukin-1ß System During Porcine Trophoblastic Elongation and Early Placental Attachment
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1251-1259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Thota, P.R.R. Gangula, Y.L. Dong, and C. Yallampalli

Changes in the Expression of Calcitonin Receptor-Like Receptor, Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein (RAMP) 1, RAMP2, and RAMP3 in Rat Uterus During Pregnancy, Labor, and by Steroid Hormone Treatments
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1432-1437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reproductive Technology:

Yutaka Takeuchi, Goro Yoshizaki, and Toshio Takeuchi

Generation of Live Fry from Intraperitoneally Transplanted Primordial Germ Cells in Rainbow Trout
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1142-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel A. Dumesic, R. Dee Schramm, Ian M. Bird, Eric Peterson, Ann Marie Paprocki, Rao Zhou, and David H. Abbott

Reduced Intrafollicular Androstenedione and Estradiol Levels in Early-Treated Prenatally Androgenized Female Rhesus Monkeys Receiving Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Therapy for In Vitro Fertilization
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1213-1219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eiman M.-E. Aboagla and T. Terada

Trehalose-Enhanced Fluidity of the Goat Sperm Membrane and Its Protection During Freezing
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1245-1250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ali Honaramooz, Esmail Behboodi, Susan O. Megee, Susan A. Overton, Hannah Galantino-Homer, Yann Echelard, and Ina Dobrinski

Fertility and Germline Transmission of Donor Haplotype Following Germ Cell Transplantation in Immunocompetent Goats
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1260-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimiko Inoue, Narumi Ogonuki, Keiji Mochida, Yoshie Yamamoto, Kaoru Takano, Takashi Kohda, Fumitoshi Ishino, and Atsuo Ogura

Effects of Donor Cell Type and Genotype on the Efficiency of Mouse Somatic Cell Cloning
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1394-1400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Testis:

Shotaro Hayashi, Juxiang Yang, Lane Christenson, Ryuzo Yanagimachi, and Norman B. Hecht

Mouse Preimplantation Embryos Developed from Oocytes Injected with Round Spermatids or Spermatozoa Have Similar but Distinct Patterns of Early Messenger RNA Expression
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1170-1176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valentine A. Lance, Alan J. Conley, Samantha Mapes, Colin Steven, and Allen R. Place

Does Alligator Testis Produce Estradiol? A Comparison of Ovarian and Testicular Aromatase
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1201-1207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stina Häggström Rudolfsson, Anna Johansson, Ingela Franck Lissbrant, Pernilla Wikström, and Anders Bergh

Localized Expression of Angiopoietin 1 and 2 May Explain Unique Characteristics of the Rat Testicular Microvasculature
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1231-1237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kentaro Yomogida, Yo Yagura, Yuko Tadokoro, and Yoshitake Nishimune

Dramatic Expansion of Germinal Stem Cells by Ectopically Expressed Human Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Mouse Sertoli Cells
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1303-1307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuko Tadokoro, Kentaro Yomogida, Yo Yagura, Shuichi Yamada, Masaru Okabe, and Yoshitake Nishimune

Characterization of Histone H2A.X Expression in Testis and Specific Labeling of Germ Cells at the Commitment Stage of Meiosis with Histone H2A.X Promoter-Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Transgene
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1325-1329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steffen Mueller, Thomas A. Rosenquist, Yoshimi Takai, Richard A. Bronson, and Eckard Wimmer

Loss of Nectin-2 at Sertoli-Spermatid Junctions Leads to Male Infertility and Correlates with Severe Spermatozoan Head and Midpiece Malformation, Impaired Binding to the Zona Pellucida, and Oocyte Penetration
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1330-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toxicology:

Tara S. Barton, Andrew J. Wyrobek, Francesca S. Hill, Bernard Robaire, and Barbara F. Hales

Numerical Chromosomal Abnormalities in Rat Epididymal Spermatozoa Following Chronic Cyclophosphamide Exposure
Biol Reprod 2003 69: 1150-1157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Additions and Corrections:

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