Embryo:

Irina Lagutina, Giovanna Lazzari, Roberto Duchi, and Cesare Galli

Developmental Potential of Bovine Androgenetic and Parthenogenetic Embryos: A Comparative Study
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 400-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Myung-Sook Han, Koji Niwa, and Magosaburo Kasai

In Vivo Development of Vitrified Rat Embryos: Effects of Timing and Sites of Transfer to Recipient Females
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 425-429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trudee Fair, Alfonso Gutierrez-Adan, Madeline Murphy, Dimitrios Rizos, Finian Martin, Maurice P. Boland, and Patrick Lonergan

Search for the Bovine Homolog of the Murine Ped Gene and Characterization of Its Messenger RNA Expression During Bovine Preimplantation Development
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 488-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Female Reproductive Tract:

Horacio Cárdenas and William F. Pope

Attenuation of Estrogenic Effects by Dihydrotestosterone in the Pig Uterus Is Associated with Downregulation of the Estrogen Receptors
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 297-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helena Zapatero-Caballero, Franco Sanchez-Franco, Carolina Fernandez-Mendez, Miriam García-San Frutos, Luisa M. Botella-Cubells, and Gumersindo Fernandez-Vazquez

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Gene Expression During Pubertal Development of Female Rats
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 348-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derek Boerboom, Kristy A. Brown, Denis Vaillancourt, Pierre Poitras, Alan K. Goff, Kikuko Watanabe, Monique Doré, and Jean Sirois

Expression of Key Prostaglandin Synthases in Equine Endometrium During Late Diestrus and Early Pregnancy
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 391-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Warren B. Nothnick, Xuan Zhang, and Han-E Zhou

Steroidal Regulation of Uterine Edema and Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase (TIMP)-3 Messenger RNA Expression Is Altered in TIMP-1-Deficient Mice
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 500-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gamete Biology:

Zaohua Huang and Srinivasan Vijayaraghavan

Increased Phosphorylation of a Distinct Subcellular Pool of Protein Phosphatase, PP12, During Epididymal Sperm Maturation
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 439-447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alberto M. Luciano, Silvia Modina, Rita Vassena, Elisabetta Milanesi, Antonio Lauria, and Fulvio Gandolfi

Role of Intracellular Cyclic Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate Concentration and Oocyte-Cumulus Cells Communications on the Acquisition of the Developmental Competence During In Vitro Maturation of Bovine Oocyte
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 465-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Rivlin, J. Mendel, S. Rubinstein, N. Etkovitz, and H. Breitbart

Role of Hydrogen Peroxide in Sperm Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 518-522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Male Reproductive Tract:

Biljana Musicki, Michael A. Palese, Julie K. Crone, and Arthur L. Burnett

Phosphorylated Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Mediates Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Induced Penile Erection
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 282-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandrine Castella, Sophie Fouchécourt, Ana Paula Teixeira-Gomes, Joëlle Vinh, Maya Belghazi, Françoise Dacheux, and Jean-Louis Dacheux

Identification of a Member of a New RNase A Family Specifically Secreted by Epididymal Caput Epithelium
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 319-328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carla Fischer, Joshua Johnson, Brian Stillwell, Jennifer Conner, Zoran Cerovac, Jeanne Wilson-Rawls, and Alan Rawls

Activating Transcription Factor 4 Is Required for the Differentiation of the Lamina Propria Layer of the Vas Deferens
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 371-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nelson Hsia and Gail A. Cornwall

DNA Microarray Analysis of Region-Specific Gene Expression in the Mouse Epididymis
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 448-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Nikki P.Y. Lee and C. Yan Cheng

Nitric Oxide/Nitric Oxide Synthase, Spermatogenesis, and Tight Junction Dynamics
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 267-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nancy L. Wayne, Wenjau Lee, Stephan Michel, John Dyer, and Wayne S. Sossin

Activity-Dependent Regulation of Neurohormone Synthesis and Its Impact on Reproductive Behavior in Aplysia
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 277-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuroendocrinology:

Elisabet Stener-Victorin and Catharina Lindholm

Immunity and ß-Endorphin Concentrations in Hypothalamus and Plasma in Rats with Steroid-Induced Polycystic Ovaries: Effect of Low-Frequency Electroacupuncture
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 329-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary L. Jackson and David Kuehl

Effects of Applying Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid_B Drugs into the Medial Basal Hypothalamus on Basal Luteinizing Hormone Concentrations and on Luteinizing Hormone Surges in the Female Sheep
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 334-339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ovary:

Shuji Takiguchi, Norihiro Sugino, Kikue Esato, Ayako Karube-Harada, Aki Sakata, Yasuhiko Nakamura, Hitoshi Ishikawa, and Hiroshi Kato

Differential Regulation of Apoptosis in the Corpus Luteum of Pregnancy and Newly Formed Corpus Luteum after Parturition in Rats
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 313-318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aritro Sen, Joseph Browning, E. Keith Inskeep, Paul Lewis, and Jorge A. Flores

Expression and Activation of Protein Kinase C Isozymes by Prostaglandin F₂ in the Early- and Mid-Luteal Phase Bovine Corpus Luteum
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 379-384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J.P. de Bruin, M. Dorland, E.R. Spek, G. Posthuma, M. van Haaften, C.W.N. Looman, and E.R. te Velde

Age-Related Changes in the Ultrastructure of the Resting Follicle Pool in Human Ovaries
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 419-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T.P. Neuvians, D. Schams, B. Berisha, and M.W. Pfaffl

Involvement of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines, Mediators of Inflammation, and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Prostaglandin F₂-Induced Luteolysis in Bovine Corpus Luteum
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 473-480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peixin Yang and Shyamal K. Roy

Follicle Stimulating Hormone-Induced DNA Synthesis in the Granulosa Cells of Hamster Preantral Follicles Involves Activation of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-4 Rather Than Cyclin D2 Synthesis
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 509-517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tania Fayad, Valérie Lévesque, Jean Sirois, David W. Silversides, and Jacques G. Lussier

Gene Expression Profiling of Differentially Expressed Genes in Granulosa Cells of Bovine Dominant Follicles Using Suppression Subtractive Hybridization
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 523-533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pituitary:

Bruno Quérat, Yuta Arai, Adeline Henry, Yoko Akama, Terrence J. Longhurst, and Jean M.P. Joss

Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormone ß Subunits in the Australian Lungfish and Estimation of the Relative Evolution Rate of These Subunits Within Vertebrates
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 356-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathleen A. Prendergast, Laura L. Burger, Kevin W. Aylor, Daniel J. Haisenleder, Alan C. Dalkin, and John C. Marshall

Pituitary Follistatin Gene Expression in Female Rats: Evidence That Inhibin Regulates Transcription
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 364-370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pregnancy:

Robert Kokenyesi, Lucas C. Armstrong, Azin Agah, Raul Artal, and Paul Bornstein

Thrombospondin 2 Deficiency in Pregnant Mice Results in Premature Softening of the Uterine Cervix
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 385-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael H. Melner, Nicole A. Ducharme, Alan R. Brash, Virginia P. Winfrey, and Gary E. Olson

Differential Expression of Genes in the Endometrium at Implantation: Upregulation of a Novel Member of the E2 Class of Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 406-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan R. Ravelich, Bernhard H. Breier, Shiva Reddy, Jeffrey A. Keelan, David N. Wells, A. James Peterson, and Rita S.F. Lee

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Binding Proteins 1, 2, and 3 in Bovine Nuclear Transfer Pregnancies
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 430-438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stéphanie Oger, Céline Méhats, Mary S. Barnette, Françoise Ferré, Dominique Cabrol, and Marie-Josèphe Leroy

Anti-Inflammatory and Utero-Relaxant Effects in Human Myometrium of New Generation Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 458-464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong Mei Wang, Xuan Zhang, Dong Qian, Hai Yan Lin, Qing Lei Li, Dong Lin Liu, Guo Yi Liu, Xiao Dong Yu, and Cheng Zhu

Effect of Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway on Mouse Blastocyst Implantation and Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases-2 and -9
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 481-487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yue-Qiu Tan, Liang Hu, Ge Lin, Jonathan S.T. Sham, Fei Gong, Xin-Yuan Guan, and Guangxiu Lu

Genetic Changes in Human Fetuses from Spontaneous Abortion after In Vitro Fertilization Detected by Comparative Genomic Hybridization
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 495-499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reproductive Technology:

Yoko Kato, Hideaki Imabayashi, Taisuke Mori, Tetsuya Tani, Masanori Taniguchi, Mikihiko Higashi, Michio Matsumoto, Akihiro Umezawa, and Yukio Tsunoda

Nuclear Transfer of Adult Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Developmental Totipotency of Tissue-Specific Stem Cells from an Adult Mammal
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 415-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Testis:

Kirsi Jahnukainen, Dionisios Chrysis, Mi Hou, Martti Parvinen, Staffan Eksborg, and Olle Söder

Increased Apoptosis Occurring During the First Wave of Spermatogenesis Is Stage-Specific and Primarily Affects Midpachytene Spermatocytes in the Rat Testis
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 290-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kamin J. Johnson, Alma Zecevic, and Eun J. Kwon

Protocadherin 3 Acts at Sites Distinct from Classic Cadherins in Rat Testis and Sperm
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 303-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stina Häggström Rudolfsson, Pernilla Wikström, Andreas Jonsson, Ola Collin, and Anders Bergh

Hormonal Regulation and Functional Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A in the Rat Testis
Biol Reprod 2004 70: 340-347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Additions and Corrections:

Biol Reprod 2004 70: 534. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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