The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Argitalpen Zerbitzua / Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco / University of the Basque Country Press

Volume 56 - Numbers 10/11/12 (2012)                                              Editor-in-Chief: Juan Aréchaga

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ISSN: 0214-6282  /  ISSN-e: 1696-3547                  www.intjdevbiol.com

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FEMALE GERM CELLS IN DEVELOPMENT & TUMORS

Guest Editor:  Maurizio Zuccotti, Carlo Alberto Redi and Silvia Garagna

Preface

Study an egg today to make an embryo tomorrow
Maurizio Zuccotti, Carlo Alberto Redi and Silvia Garagna
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 761-764

Female germ cells in development

Over 40 years of mentoring, educating, and researching in the world of oocytes
Catherine M.H. Combelles and David Albertini
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 765-770

From primordial germ cells to oocytes

The migration and loss of human primordial germ stem cells from the hind gut epithelium towards the gonadal ridge
Linn Salto Mamsen, Christian Beltoft Brøchner, Anne Grete Byskov and Kjeld Møllgard
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 771-778

Regulation of germ cell meiosis in the fetal ovary
Cassy M. Spiller, Josephine Bowles and Peter Koopman
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 779-787

Comparative molecular portraits of human unfertilized oocytes and primordial germ cells at 10 weeks of gestation
Ferdinand Diedrichs, Barbara Mlody, Peggy Matz, Heiko Fuchs, Lukas Chavez, Katharina Drewsand James Adjaye
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 789-797

Folliculogenesis

Metabolism throughout follicle and oocyte development in mammals
Esther Collado-Fernandez, Helen M. Picton and Rémi Dumollard
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 799-808

The role of Akt signalling in the mammalian ovary
Sandra Cecconi, Annunziata Mauro, Valerio Cellini and Felice Patacchiola
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 809-817

The antral follicle: a microenvironment for oocyte differentiation
Margo L. Hennet and Catherine M. H. Combelles
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 819-831

Influence of the zona pellucida of the mouse egg on folliculogenesis and fertility
Paul M. Wassarman and Eveline S. Litscher
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 833-839

Oocyte ageing and its cellular basis
Ursula Eichenlaub-Ritter
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 841-852

Genetic and epigenetic signatures

OCT4 and the acquisition of oocyte developmental competence during folliculogenesis
Maurizio Zuccotti, Valeria Merico, Martina Belli, Francesca Mulas, Lucia Sacchi, Blaz Zupan, Carlo Alberto Redi, Alessandro Prigione, James Adjaye, Riccardo Bellazzi and Silvia Garagna
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 853-858

Knowledge-based bioinformatics for the study of mammalian oocytes
Francesca Mulas, Lucia Sacchi, Lan Zagar, Silvia Garagna, Maurizio Zuccotti, Blaz Zupan and Riccardo Bellazzi
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 859-866

DNA methylation establishment during oocyte growth: mechanisms and significance
Shin-Ichi Tomizawa, Joanna Nowacka-Woszuk and Gavin Kelsey
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 867-875

Genome organization and epigenetic marks in mouse germinal vesicle oocytes
Amelie Bonnet-Garnier, Prisca Feuerstein, Martine Chebrout, Renaud Fleurot, Habib-Ullah Jan, Pascale Debey and Nathalie Beaujean
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 877-887

Histone hyperacetylation during meiosis interferes with large-scale chromatin remodeling, axial chromatid condensation and sister chromatid separation in the mammalian oocyte
Feikun Yang, Claudia Baumann, Maria M. Viveiros and Rabindranath De La Fuente
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 889-899

In vitro growth of the ovarian follicle

Strategies to support human oocyte development in vitro
Evelyn E. Telfer and Marie McLaughlin
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 901-907

Human oocyte maturation in vitro
Giovanni Coticchio, Mariabeatrice Dal-Canto, Maria-Cristina Guglielmo, Mario Mignini-Renzini and Rubens Fadini
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 909-918

The use of immature oocytes in the fertility preservation of cancer patients: current promises and challenges
Catherine M. H. Combelles and Gabriela Chateau
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 919-929

Towards a 3D culture of mouse ovarian follicles
Martina Belli, Giulia Vigone, Valeria Merico, Carlo Alberto Redi, Maurizio Zuccotti and Silvia Garagna
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 931-937

Female germ cells in tumors

Above the borderland between normal and neoplastic development
Juan Aréchaga and Ivan Damjanov
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 939-948

The fate of granulosa cells following premature oocyte loss and the development of ovarian cancers
Janet L. Pitman, Alan S. McNeilly, Judy R. McNeilly, Laura E. Hays, Grover C. Bagby Jr., Heywood R. Sawyer and Kenneth P. McNatty
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 949-958

Involvement of adipokines, AMPK, PI3K and the PPAR signaling pathways in ovarian follicle development and cancer
Joëlle Dupont, Maxime Reverchon, Lucie Cloix, Pascal Froment and Christelle Ramé
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 959-967

Gliomatosis peritonei as a natural experiment in tissue differentiation
Francisco F. Nogales, Ovidiu Preda and Isabel Dulcey
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 969-974

Oocyte nuclear transfers

Amphibian interorder nuclear transfer embryos reveal conserved embryonic gene transcription, but deficient DNA replication or chromosome segregation
Patrick Narbonne and John B. Gurdon
EHU/UPV/UBC - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2012) 56: 975-986

The International Journal of Developmental Biology
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