Centre for Reproduction & Development publications: 2006

Refereed Journals

Arman C, Casares Q, Sanchez-Partida LG, Setchell BP (2006) Ram sperm motility after intermittent scrotal insulation evaluated by manual and computer-assisted methods. Asian J Andrology 8(4):411-418.

Arsov T, Silva D, O’Bryan MK, Sainsbury-Salis A, Lee NJ, Kennedy C, Manji SSM, Vinuesa CG, Goodnow CC, Petrovsky N (2006) Fat Aussie – a new mouse model of metabolic syndrome and infertility. Mol Endocrinol 20(7):1610-1622.

Billiards SS, Nguyen PN, Scheerlinck J-P, Phillips DJ, Canny BJ, Walker DW, Hirst JJ (2006) Hypoxia potentiates endotoxin-induced allopregnanolone concentrations in the newborn brain. Biol Neonate 90:258-267.

Clemente EJ, Furlong RA, Loveland KL, Affara NA. (2006) Gene expression study in the juvenile mouse testis: identification of stage-specific molecular pathways during spermatogenesis. Mamm Genome 17:956-975.

Cotton LM, Gibbs GM, Sanchez-Partida LG, Morrison JR, de Kretser DM, O’Bryan MK (2006) FGRF-1 signaling is involved in spermiogenesis and sperm capacitation. J Cell Science 119(1):75-84.

de Kretser DM, Cock ML, Holden CA (2006) Lessons from the Men in Australia Telephone Survey (MATeS). The Medical Journal of Australia 185:412-413.

Ebert S, Phillips DJ, Jenzewski P, Nau R, O’Connor AE, Michel U (2006) Activin A concentrations in human cerebrospinal fluid are age-dependent and elevated in meningitis. J Neurol Sci 250:50-57.

Gibbs GM, Scanlon MJ, Swarbrick JD, Curtis S, Galant E, Dulhunty AF, O’Bryan MK (2006) The cysteine-rich secretory protein domain of Tpx-1 is related to ion channel toxins and regulates ryanodine receptor Ca2+ signalling. J Biol Chem 281(7):4156-4163.

Gillard A, Scarff K, Loveland KL, Ricardo S, Bird P (2006) Modulation and redistribution of Proteinase Inhibitor 8 (Serpin b8) during kidney regeneration. Am J Nephrol 26:34-42.

Hardy CL, O’Connor AE, Yao J, Sebire K, de Kretser DM, Rolland JM, Anderson GP, Phillips DJ, O’Hehir, RE (2006) Follistatin is a candidate endogenous negative regulator of activin A in experimental allergic asthma. Clin Exp Allergy 36:941-950.

Herszfeld D, Wolvetang EJ, Langton-Bunker E, Chung T-L, Filipczyk AA, Houssami S, Jamshidi P, Koh K, Laslett AL, Michalska A, Nguyen L, Reubinoff BE, Tellis I, Auerbach JM, Ording CJ, Looijenga LH, Pera MF (2006) CD30 is a survival factor and a biomarker for transformed human pluripotent stem cells. Nat Biotechnol 24:351-7.

Hoek, KS, Schlegel, NC, Brafford P, Sucker A, Ugurel S, Kumar R, Weber BL, Nathanson KL, Phillips DJ, Herlyn M, Schadendorf D, Dummer R (2006) Metatstatic potential of melanomas defined by specific gene expression profiles with no BRAF signature. Pigment Cell Res 19:290-302. Hogarth C, Calanni S, Jans DA, Loveland KL (2006) Importin a mRNAs have distinct expression profiles during spermatogenesis. Dev Dyn 235:253-262.

Holden CA, Poljski C, Andrews C, Cock ML, Wolfe R, de Kretser DM (2006) The dynamics of community education in male reproductive health: Findings from an Australian study. Australian Journal of Primary Health 12:146-155.

Holden CA, Jolley D, McLachlan RI, Pitts M, Cumming R, Wittert G, Handelsman DJ, de Kretser DM (2006) Men in Australia Telephone Survey (MATeS): predictors of men’s help-seeking behaviour for reproductive health disorders. Med J Aust 185:418-422.

Hutt KJ, McLaughlin EA, Holland MK (2006) Kit Ligand and c-Kit have diverse roles during mammalian oogenesis and folliculogenesis. Mol Hum Reprod 12(2):61-69.

Hutt KJ, McLaughlin EA, Holland MK (2006) Primordial Follicle Activation and Follicular Development in the Juvenile Rabbit Ovary. Cell Tissue Res 326(3):809-822.

Hutt KJ, McLaughlin EA, Holland MK (2006) KIT/KIT ligand in mammalian oogenesis and folliculogenesis: roles in rabbit and murine ovarian follicle activation and oocyte growth. Biol Reprod 75(3):421-33.

Jones RL, Kaitu’u-Lino TJ, Nie G, Sanchez-Partida LG, Findlay JK, Salamonsen LA (2006) Complex expression patterns support potential roles for maternally derived activins in the establishment of pregnancy in mouse. Reproduction 132:799-810.

Kennedy CL, O’Connor AE, Sanchez-Partida LG, Holland MK, Goodnow CC, de Kretser DM, O’Bryan MK (2006) A repository of ENU mutant mouse lines and their potential for male fertility research. Mol Hum Reprod 11(12):871-880.

Krneta J, Kroll J, Alves F, Prahst C, Sananbenesi F, Dullin C, Kimmina S, Phillips DJ, Augustin HG (2006) Dissociation of angiogenesis and tumorigensis in follistatin and activin expressing tumors. Cancer Res 66:5686-5695.

Lin S-Y, Morrison JR, Matzuk MM, de Kretser DM (2006) Spermatogenesis does not require the local production of follistatin. Reproduction 132(4):601-605.

Loveland KL, Hogarth C, Szczepny A, Calanni S, Jans DA (2006) Expression of nuclear transport importins ß1 and ß3 is regulated during rodent spermatogenesis.Biol Reprod 74:67-74.

Ochsenkühn R, O’Connor AE, Hirst J, Baker HWG, de Kretser DM, Hedger MP (2006) The relationship between immunosuppressive activity and immunoregulatory cytokines in seminal plasma: influence of sperm autoimmunity and seminal leukocytes. J Reprod Immunol 71:57-74.

Okuma Y, O’Connor AE, Hayashi T, Loveland KL, de Kretser DM, Hedger MP (2006) Regulated production of activin A and inhibin B secretion throughout the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium in the rat. J Endocrinol 190:333-342.

Patella S, Phillips DJ, Tchongue J, de Kretser DM, Sievert W (2006) Follistatin attenuates early liver fibrosis: effects on hepatic stellate cell activation and hepatocyte apoptosis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 290: G137-G144.

Phillips DJ, Nguyen P, Adamides AA, Bye N, Rosenfeld JV, Kossmann T, Vallance S, Murray L, Morganti-Kossmann MC (2006) Activin A release into cerebrospinal fluid in a subset of patients with severe traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 23:1283-1294.

Prahbu SD, Meistrich M, McLaughlin EA, Roman SD, Warne S, Mendis S, Itman C, Loveland KL (2006) c-kit receptor proto-oncogene expression in the developing and irradiated rodent testis. Reproduction 131:489-499.

Szczepny A, Hime G, Loveland KL (2006) Expression of hedgehog signalling components in adult mouse testis. Dev Dyn 235:3063-3070.

Trounson AO, Pebay A (2006) A role for neurotrophins in embryonic stem cell growth. Dev Cell 10:158-159. Wilson KM, Smith AI, Phillips DJ (2006) Stimulatory effects of lipopolysaccharide on endothelial cell activin and follistatin. Mol Cell Endocrinol 253:30-35.

Wong RC, Dottori M, Koh KL, Nguyen LT , Pera MF,Pebay A (2006) Gap junctions modulate apoptosis and colony growth of human embryonic stem cells maintained in a serum-free system. Biochem Biophs Res Commun 344:181-188.

Review Articles

Kennedy CL, O’Bryan MK (2006) N-ethyl-N-nitosourea (ENU) mutagenesis and male fertility research. Hum Reprod Update 12(3):293-301.

Itman CL, Mendis S, Barakat B, Loveland KL (2006) All in the family: Transforming growth factor ß action in testis development. Reproduction 132(2):233-46.

McLachlan RI, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Hoei-Hansen CE, de Kretser DM, Skakkebaek NE (2006) Histological evaluation of the human testis: Approaches to optimizing the clinical value of the assessment. Hum Reprod 22:2-16.

Book Chapters

Hedger MP, Hales DB. (2006) ‘Immunophysiology of the male reproductive tract’ in Knobil and Neill’s Physiology of Reproduction Eds: Neill JD, Plant TM, Pfaff DW, Challis JR, de Kretser DM, Richards J, Wassarman PM. Elsevier Academic Press, St Louis, MO, USA, pp 1195-1285.

Kerr J, Loveland KL, O’Bryan MK, de Kretser DM. (2006) ‘The Cytology of the Testis and Intrinsic Control Mechanisms’ in The Physiology of Reproduction. Editor-in-Chief: Jimmy D Neill. Section Eds: Challis JRG, de Kretser DM, Pfaff DW, Richards JS, Plant TM and Wassarman PM. 3rd Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, St. Louis, MO. USA, pp 827-947.

Pera MF, Laslett AL, Hawes SM, Tellis I, Koh KL, Nguyen LT (2006) ‘Isolation and characterisation of human ES cells’ in Embryonic Stem Cells Eds: Notarianni E, Evans MJ. Oxford University Press, UK, pp 238-259.

Verma PJ, Pralong DJ (2006) ‘Techniques for nuclear transfer to mouse embryonic stem cells’ in Methods in Molecular Biology: Nuclear Transfer Protocol Eds: Verma PJ, Trounson AO. Humana Press, NY, USA, pp 269-283.

Books

Verma PJ, Trounson AT, Editors - Methods in Molecular Biology “Cell Reprogramming and Transgenesis by Nuclear Transfer”. Humana Press, NY, USA. 2006.