Effects of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I on Follicle Growth, Oocyte Maturation, and Ovarian Steroidogenesis and Plasminogen Activator Activity in the Rabbit

Yasunori Yoshimura, Motomu Ando, Shinya Nagamatsu, +6

Biology of Reproduction

Intrafollicular Pa ActivityFertilityOocyte MaturationFemale Reproductive FunctionReproductive Biology +20

Periovulatory and Interleukin-1β-Dependent Up-Regulation of Intraovarian Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in the Rat: Potential Role for VEGF in the Promotion of Periovulatory Angiogenesis and Vascular Permeability

Eliahu Levitas, Diran Chamoun, Laurence C. Udoff, +3

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

InflammationVascular PermeabilityPeriovulatory AngiogenesisAngiogenesisInterleukin-1β-dependent Up-regulation +8

Glucocorticoids suppress basal (but not interleukin-1-supported) ovarian phospholipase A2 activity1Supported in part by Research Grant HD-30288 from the NICHD, NIH (EYA), Lalor Foundation Fellowship, an International Fellowship Award from the Israeli Medical Foundation, a Fullbright Fellowship, and a Harlea Charitable Trust Award (IBS).1:

Shahar Kol, Izhar Ben‐Shlomo, Donna W. Payne, +3

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

InflammationSignal TransductionEndocrine MechanismResearch Grant Hd-30288Medicine +10

Rat Ovarian Prostaglandin Endoperoxide Synthase-1 and -2: Periovulatory Expression of Granulosa Cell-Based Interleukin-1-Dependent Enzymes¹

Motomu Ando, Shahar Kol, Ehud Kokia, +5

Endocrinology

Functional Role of Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-Binding Sites on β1 Integrin in Embryo Implantation Using Mouse Blastocysts and Human Decidua1

Shigetatsu Shiokawa, Yasunori Yoshimura, Hiroki Sawa, +5

Biology of Reproduction

The rat intraovarian interleukin (IL)-1 system: cellular localization, cyclic variation and hormonal regulation of IL-1β and of the type I and type II IL-1 receptors

Shahar Kol, K RUUTIAINENALTMAN, W Scherzer, +4

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

InflammationCyclic VariationCytokineImmune Cell DevelopmentCellular Localization +8

Treatment of uterine leiomyomata with a luteinizing hormonereleasing hormone agonist: the possibility of nonsurgical management in selected perimenopausal women

Yukio Nakamura, Yasunori Yoshimura, Haruhiko Yamada, +3

Fertility and Sterility

Uterine LeiomyomataHormonal ContraceptiveGynecologyMenopausal Hormone TherapySurgery +8

The Rat Ovarian Phospholipase A₂System: Gene Expression, Cellular Localization, Activity Characterization, and Interleukin-1 Dependence¹

Shahar Kol, Kristiina Ruutiainen-Altman, Izhar Ben‐Shlomo, +3

Endocrinology

Direct effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists on the rabbit ovarian follicle

Yasunori Yoshimura, Yukio Nakamura, Motomu Ando, +3

Fertility and Sterility

FertilityRabbit Ovarian FollicleEndocrine MechanismPhysiologyGynecology +11

Ovarian Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist in Rats: Gene Expression, Cellular Localization, Cyclic Variation, and Hormonal Regulation of a Potential Determinant of Interleukin-1 Action1

Shahar Kol, Barry W. Donesky, K RUUTIAINENALTMAN, +5

Biology of Reproduction