UNSW Embryology

Week 1 References

© Dr Mark Hill (2009)

Acknowledgements

Introduction

This page contains selected Week 1 references from National Library of Medicine PubMed and other sources. There are also links to pages on specific topics and a search window for entering your own term and carrying out a database search.

UNSW Embryology

Fertilization

• "fertilization/review"
• "fertilization/polyspermy"
• "acrosome reaction/2years"
• "acrosome/2years"
• "fertilization/meiosis"
• "fertilization/polyspermy"
• ZP1, ZP2, ZP3
  • Gupta- Human zona pellucida glycoproteins: characterization using antibodies against recombinant non-human primate ZP1, ZP2 and ZP3.
• "cortical reaction"
  • Raz- Mechanisms leading to cortical reaction in the mammalian egg.
• "polar body"
• Molecular Biology of the Cell- fertilization

Blastocyst

• Selected references from the Journal Development

Search Databases

NLM PubMed

Fertilization Articles

• Steptoe PC, et al. Birth after the reimplantation of a human embryo. Lancet. 1978 Aug 12;2(8085):366.
  • the first human in vitro fertilization.
• Steptoe PC, et al. Observations on 767 clinical pregnancies and 500 births after human in-vitro fertilization. Hum Reprod. 1986 Feb;1(2):89-94.
  • a review if IVF from the founder.
• Wilmut I, et al. Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells. Nature. 1997 Feb 27;385(6619):810-3.
  • "dolly" the cloned sheep .
• Wakayama T, et al. Full-term development of mice from enucleated oocytes injected with cumulus cell nuclei. Nature. 1998 Jul 23;394(6691):369-74.
  • new technology using a an oocyte with no nucleus.
• Down, J. L. H. Observations on an ethnic classification of idiots. London Hosp. Clin. Lect. Rep. 3: 259 only, 1866.
  • the original description of Down syndrome
• OMIM Reference- Down Syndrome
  • Most individuals (95%) with trisomy 21 have 3 free copies of chromosome 21; in about 5% of patients, 1 copy is translocated to another acrocentric chromosome, most often chromosome 14 or 21
• Bauskin AR, et al. Characterization of human zona pellucida glycoproteins. Mol Hum Reprod. 1999 Jun;5(6):534-40.

Some Recent Fertilization Reviews

• Brewis IA, et al. Molecular mechanisms of gamete recognition and fusion at fertilization. Hum Reprod. 1997 Nov;12(11 Suppl):156-65. Review.
• Aitken RJ. The cell biology of fertilization. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1997;424:291-9. Review.
• Wassarman PM. Fertilization in Animals. Dev Genet. 1999;25(2):83-86.
• Fernandez N, et al. A critical review of the role of the major histocompatibility complex in fertilization, preimplantation development and feto-maternal interactions. Hum Reprod Update. 1999 May-Jun;5(3):234-48.
• Kupker W, et al. Principles of mammalian fertilization. Hum Reprod. 1998 Apr;13 Suppl 1:20-32. Review.
• Parrington J, et al. A novel protein for Ca2+ signaling at fertilization. Curr Top Dev Biol. 1998;39:215-43. Review.
• Wassarman PM. Mammalian fertilization: molecular aspects of gamete adhesion, exocytosis, and fusion. Cell. 1999 Jan 22;96(2):175-83. Review. No abstract available.
• Wilson NF, et al. Microvilli and cell-cell fusion during fertilization. Trends Cell Biol. 1998 Mar;8(3):93-6. Review.
• Buhi WC, et al. Oviductal regulation of fertilization and early embryonic development. J Reprod Fertil Suppl. 1997;52:285-300. Review.
• Parrington J, et al. A novel protein for Ca2+ signaling at fertilization. Curr Top Dev Biol. 1998;39:215-43. Review.

In Vitro Fertilization

• Saith RR, et al. Relationships between the developmental potential of human in-vitro fertilization embryos and features describing the embryo, oocyte and follicle. Hum Reprod Update. 1998 Mar-Apr;4(2):121-34. Review.
• Steptoe PC, et al. Observations on 767 clinical pregnancies and 500 births after human in-vitro fertilization. Hum Reprod. 1986 Feb;1(2):89-94.
• Cameron IT, et al. Oocyte donation: a review. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1989 Aug;96(8):893-9. Review.

Meiosis

• Smith KN, et al. Recombination at work for meiosis. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 1998 Apr;8(2):200-11. Review.
• Hunt PA, et al. Genetic control of mammalian female meiosis. Curr Top Dev Biol. 1998;37:359-81. Review.
• Moore DP, et al. Chromosome segregation during meiosis: building an unambivalent bivalent. Curr Top Dev Biol. 1998;37:263-99. Review.
• Gebauer F, et al. Synthesis and function of Mos: the control switch of vertebrate oocyte meiosis. Bioessays. 1997 Jan;19(1):23-8. Review.
• Kleckner N. Meiosis: how could it work? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Aug 6;93(16):8167-74. Review.

Oocyte References

• Aviles M, et al. Modifications of carbohydrate residues and ZP2 and ZP3 glycoproteins in the mouse zona pellucida after fertilization. Biol Reprod. 1997 Nov;57(5):1155-63.
• Zhu X, et al. Comparison of ZP3 protein sequences among vertebrate species: to obtain a consensus sequence for immunocontraception. Front Biosci. 1999 Mar 1;4:D212-5. Review.
• Sinowatz F, et al. Protein-carbohydrate interactions during fertilization. Acta Anat (Basel). 1998;161(1-4):196-205. Review.
• Buhi WC, et al. Oviductal regulation of fertilization and early embryonic development. J Reprod Fertil Suppl. 1997;52:285-300. Review.
• Driancourt MA, et al. Control of oocyte growth and maturation by follicular cells and molecules present in follicular fluid. A review. Reprod Nutr Dev. 1998 Jul-Aug;38(4):345-62. Review.

Sperm References

• Wolgemuth DJ, et al. Genetic control of mitosis, meiosis and cellular differentiation during mammalian spermatogenesis. Reprod Fertil Dev. 1995;7(4):669-83. Review.
• Toshimori K. Maturation of mammalian spermatozoa: modifications of the acrosome and plasma membrane leading to fertilization. Cell Tissue Res. 1998 Aug;293(2):177-87. Review.
• Nolan JP, et al. Regulation of membrane stability and the acrosome reaction in mammalian sperm. FASEB J. 1997 Jul;11(8):670-82. Review.
• Fraser LR. Role of fertilization promoting peptide (FPP) in modulating mammalian sperm function. Front Biosci. 1998 Dec 1;3:D1187-91. Review.

Sex Ratios References

• James WH. Sex ratio, coital rate, hormones and time of fertilization within the cycle. Ann Hum Biol. 1997 Sep-Oct;24(5):403-9. Review.

Recent Articles

• Khamsi F, et al. Effects of granulosa cells, cumulus cells, and oocyte density on in vitro fertilization in women. Endocrine. 1999 Apr;10(2):161-6.
• Dale B, et al. Pregnancies after activated oocyte transfer: a new option for infertility treatment. Hum Reprod. 1999 Jul;14(7):1771-2.
• Weigert M, et al. The effect of smoking on oocyte quality and hormonal parameters of patients undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer. J Assist Reprod Genet. 1999 Jul;16(6):287-93.
• Morita Y, et al. Targeted expression of Bcl-2 in mouse oocytes inhibits ovarian follicle atresia and prevents spontaneous and chemotherapy-induced oocyte apoptosis in vitro. Mol Endocrinol. 1999 Jun;13(6):841-50.
• Minoru S, et al. Large-scale cDNA analysis reveals phased gene expression patterns during preimplantation mouse development. Development 127, 1737-1749 (2000)
• Mayer W, et al. Spatial separation of parental genomes in preimplantation mouse embryos. J Cell Biol. 2000 Feb 21;148(4):629-34.

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Introduction | Abnormalities | Gamete formation | Cell division | Fertilization | Zygote | Blastocyst | Male sex determination| X inactivation | References | Text only page | WWW Links |

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