An essential role for insulin and IGF1 receptors in regulating sertoli cell proliferation, testis size, and FSH action in mice Pitetti JL, Calvel P, Zimmermann C, Conne B, Papaioannou MD, Aubry F, Cederroth CR, Urner F, Fumel B, Crausaz M, Docquier M, Herrera PL, Pralong F, Germond M, Guillou F, Jégou B, Nef S Department [...]
Fertility of cryopreserved ovine semen is determined by sperm velocity Del Olmo E, Bisbal A, Maroto-Morales A, García-Alvarez O, Ramon M, Jimenez-Rabadan P, Martínez-Pastor F, Soler AJ, Garde JJ, Fernandez-Santos MR. SaBio IREC (CSIC - UCLM - JCCM), Campus Universitario s. n. 02071 Albacete, Spain; Regional Center of Animal Selection and Reproduction (CERSYRA) JCCM, 13300 [...]
A transgenic minipig model of Huntington's Disease Baxa M, Hruska-Plochan M, Juhas S, Vodicka P, Pavlok A, Juhasova J, Miyanohara A, Nejime T, Klima J, Macakova M, Marsala S, Weiss A, Kubickova S, Musilova P, Vrtel R, Sontag EM, Thompson LM, Schier J, Hansikova H, Howland DS, Cattaneo E, DiFiglia M, Marsala M, Motlik J [...]
Postcopulatory sexual selection increases atp content in rodent spermatozoa Maximiliano Tourmente, Melissah Rowe, M. Mar González-Barroso, Eduardo Rial, Montserrat Gomendio, and Eduardo R. S. Roldan Reproductive Ecology and Biology Group, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) 28006, Madrid, Spain; Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, NO-0318, Oslo, Norway; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Centro [...]
Quantification and identification of sperm subpopulations using computeraided sperm analysis and species-specific cut-off values for swimming speed L Maree, G van der Horst Department of Medical Bioscience , University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535 , South Africa Motility is an essential characteristic of all flagellated spermatozoa and assessment of this parameter [...]
Sperm form and function in the absence of sperm competition Gerhard van der Horst and Liana Maree Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa SUMMARY Sperm competition is a post-copulatory, sexual selection force that, together with phylogeny and fertilization mode, has been regarded as one of the main factors explaining [...]
Vitamin E (Trolox) addition to Tris-egg yolk extender preserves ram spermatozoon structure and kinematics after cryopreservation Silva SV, Soares AT, Batista AM, Almeida FC, Nunes JF, Peixoto CA, Guerra MM Andrology Laboratory (ANDROLAB), Veterinary Medicine Department - UFRPE, Dom Manuel de Medeiros Street, s/n. Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, CEP: 52171-900, Brazil Several studies reveal that [...]
Cryopreservation of aoudad (Ammotragus lervia sahariensis) sperm obtained by transrectal ultrasound-guided massage of the accessory sex glands and electroejaculation Santiago-Moreno J, Castaño C, Toledano-Díaz A, Esteso MC, López-Sebastián A, Guerra R, Ruiz MJ, Mendoza N, Luna C, Cebrián-Pérez JA, Hildebrandt TB Departamento de Reproducción Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain This study examines (1) the effectiveness of [...]
HSL-knockout mouse testis exhibits class B scavenger receptor upregulation and disrupted lipid raft microdomains Casado ME, Huerta L, Ortiz AI, Pérez-Crespo M, Gutiérrez-Adán A, Kraemer FB, Lasunción MÁ, Busto R, Martín-Hidalgo A Servicio de Bioquímica-Investigación, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, Madrid, Spain There is a tight relationship between [...]
Effect of different thawing rates on post-thaw viability, kinematic parameters and chromatin structure of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) spermatozoa Rastegarnia A, Shahverdi A, Rezaei Topraggaleh T, Ebrahimi B, Shafipour V Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate three [...]
