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Subject Index
First published: 25 November 2003
Subject index
- Acridine Orange test, comparison with the CASA estimates and strict criteria, 236
- Acrosome reaction, human, inhibitor released during in vitro sperm capacitation, 296
- Androgen insensitivity, role in male infertility, 16
- Androgen receptor
- absence of association of androgen receptor trinucleotide expansion and poor semen quality, 46
- absence of a significant relationship between CAG repeat and infertility in Indian men, 286
- CAG repeat length and risk of male infertility, 255
- CAG repeat polymorphim and maleness, 76
- contributions of deficient androgen action in spermatogenic disorders, 195
- role in prostate cancer invasion, 21
- Apoptosis
- intercellular bridges and apoptosis in clones of male germ cells, 348
- rat, simultaneous increase in germ cell apoptosis and oxidative stress under acute unilateral testicular ischaemia in rats, 319
- Arachidonic acid, rat, possible role in the regulation of lactate production in rat Sertoli cells, 310
- Assisted reproductive techniques, male age is not an independent factor to affect the outcome, 161
- Ca-ATPase inhibitors, human, intracellular calcium activity and motility of human spermatozoa, 366
- Cancer treatment, suppression of testosterone stimulates recovery of spermatogenesis, 141
- Capacitation human, acrosome reaction inhibitor released during in vitro sperm capacitation, 296
- participation of superoxide anion in the capacitation of cryopreserved bovine sperm, 109
- CASA, comparison with the Acridine Orange test, 236
- Claudins, mouse, changes in the expression of claudins and transepithelial electrical resistance of mouse Sertoli cells by Leydig cell coculture, 271
- Corpus cavernosum, human, rabbit, effects of NCX 4050, a new NO donor, 101
- Cryptorchidism
- hamster, evaluation of damage to the testicular cells of golden hamsters caused by experimental cryptorchidism using flow cytometry and confocal microscopy, 84
- monkey, effects on spermatogenesis in adult monkeys, 180
- Cytochrome c oxidase, rat, activity in induced in rat sperm mitochondria by in vivo exposure to zidovudine, 305
- Diabetes
- cavernosal tissue nitrite, nitrate, malondialdehyde and glutathione levels in diabetic and non-diabetic erectile dysfunction, 250
- premature ejaculation, 329
- DNA-binding protein (Hils 1), mouse, isolation and characterization of a novel cDNA expressed in testicular haploid germ cells, 354
- Ductus deferens, identification of neurones of the brain and spinal cord involved in the innervation of the ductus deferens using the viral tracing method, 91
- Endocrine disrupters, current view on the role of endocrine disrupters in male reproductive disorder, 2
- Erectile dysfunction
- after surgical treatment, 137
- cavernosal tissue nitrite, nitrate, malondialdehyde and glutathione levels in diabetic and non-diabetic erectile dysfunction, 250
- pathophysiology, 129
- Hepatocyte growth factor, effects on urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and uPA receptor in DU145 prostate cancer cells, 175 H-Sp-1, human, isolation and characterization of a human sperm antigen gene h-Sp-1, 226
- Interleukin-1α, rat, expression and regulation of the prointerleukin-1α processing enzymes calpain I and II in the rat testis, 37
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- comparison of sibling oocyte outcomes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in vitro fertilization in severe teratozoospermic patients in the first cycle, 57
- possible adverse effect, 63
- seminal reactive oxygen species as predictors of fertilization, embryo quality and pregnancy rates, 279
- In vitro fertilization
- comparison of sibling oocyte outcomes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in vitro fertilization in severe teratozoospermic patients in the first cycle, 57
- human, analysis of factors associated with multinucleate formation in human IVF, 211
- seminal reactive oxygen species as predictors of fertilization, embryo quality and pregnancy rates, 279
- Leptin, human, leptin receptor in human seminal plasma and spermatozoa, 335
- Leydig cell, mouse, changes in the expression of claudins and transepithelial electrical resistance of mouse Sertoli cells by Leydig cell coculture, 271
- Leydig cell development and function, rat, effect of neonatal treatment of rats with potential or weak (environmental) oestrogens, or with a GnRH antagonist, 26
- Male infertility, CAG repeat length in the androgen receptor gene affects the risk of male infertility, 255
- Male reproductive disorder, current view on the role of endocrine disrupters in male reproductive disorder, 2
- Meiotic segregation of sex chromosomes, in mosaic and non-mosaic XYY males, 242
- Microtubule-associated epithelial protein E-MAP-115, mouse, rat, localized in the spermatid manchette, 166
- NCX 4050, human, rabbit, new NO donor, effects in corpus cavernosum, 101
- Oestradiol, human, sperm ability to fuse with oocytes: comparison and possible interference with the effect of progesterone, 342
- Oestrogen hypothesis
- current view on the role of endocrine disrupters in male reproductive disorder, 2
- rat, effect of neonatal treatment of rats with potential or weak (environmental) oestrogens, or with a GnRH antagonist, on Leydig cell development and function through puberty into adulthood, 26
- Orchiopexy, monkey, effects on spermatogenesis in adult monkeys, 180
- Oxidative stress, rat, simultaneous increase in germ cell apoptosis and oxidative stress under acute unilateral testicular ischaemia in rats, 319
- Premature ejaculation, non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients, 329
- Progesterone, human, evaluation of the effect of 17αOH-progesterone and 17β-oestradiol on human sperm ability to fuse with oocytes: comparison and possible interference with the effect of progesterone, 342
- Prostate cancer invasion, role of androgen receptor, 21
- Reactive oxygen species
- discussion, generation by human spermatozoa, 126, 127 in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, 279
- Relaxin, seminal immunoreactive relaxin in domestic animals and its relationship to sperm motility as a possible index for predicting the fertilizing ability of sires, 115
- Semen quality, absence of association of androgen receptor trinucleotide expansion and poor semen quality, 46
- Seminal plasma, human, leptin and leptin receptor, 335
- Sertoli cell
- mouse, changes in the expression of claudins and transepithelial electrical resistance of mouse Sertoli cells by Leydig cell coculture, 271
- rat, possible role of arachidonic acid in the regulation of lactate production, 310
- tight junction dynamics and TGF-βs, 147
- Sperm
- book review, collection and processing methods, 318
- human, ability to fuse with oocytes, 342
- human, acrosome reaction inhibitor released during in vitro sperm capacitation, 296
- human, isolation and characterization of a human sperm antigen gene h-Sp-1, 226
- human, use of the Sperm-Class Analyser® for objective assessment of human sperm morphology, 262
- rat, deficit in cytochrome c oxidase activity induced in rat sperm mitochondria by in vivo exposure to zidovudine, 305
- Spermatid, mouse, rat, microtubule-associated epithelial protein E-MAP-115 is localized in the spermatid manchette, 166
- Spermatogenesis
- contributions of deficient androgen action in spermatogenic disorders, 195
- intercellular bridges and apoptosis in clones of male germ cells, 348
- monkey, effects of experimental inguinal cryptorchidism and subsequent orchiopexy in adult monkeys, 180
- mouse, isolation and characterization of a novel cDNA encoding a DNA-binding protein (Hils 1) specifically expressed in testicular haploid germ cells, 354
- suppression of testosterone stimulates recovery after cancer treatment, 141
- Spermatozoa
- discussion, reactive oxygen species, 126, 127
- human, effects of Ca-ATPase inhibitors on the intracellular calcium activity and human, leptin and leptin receptor, 335
- motility of human spermatozoa, 366
- Sperm motility, seminal immunoreactive relaxin in domestic animals relationship, 115
- Succinyl CoA transferase, mouse, differential expression of succinyl CoA transferase (SCOT) genes in somatic and germline cells of the mouse testis, 52
- Superoxide anion, participation in the capacitation of cryopreserved bovine sperm, 109
- Tachykinins, possible modulatory role on testicular function, 202
- TGF-βs, role in testicular function and Sertoli cell tight junction dynamics, 147
- Teratozoospermia, comparison of sibling oocyte outcomes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in vitro fertilization in severe teratozoos permic patients in the first cycle, 57
- UPA receptor, effects of hepatocyte growth factor in DU145 prostate cancer cells, 175
- Urokinase-type plasminogen activator, effects of hepatocyte growth factor in DU145 prostate cancer cells, 175
- XYY males, meiotic segregation of sex chromosomes, 242
- Y-chromosome,
- cytogenetic and molecular analysis and infertility in Indian men, 286
- microdeletions, role in spermatogensis and male infertility, 70
