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22 November 2022
Cells | Selected Papers in 2020–2021 in the Section “Reproductive Cells and Development”

We are pleased to invite you to read the selected papers from Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409), from the Section “Reproductive Cells and Development”. The paper list is as follows: 

"Neuron-Glia-Immune Triad and Cortico-Limbic System in Pathology of Pain"
by Isabella Murray, Gayatri Bhanot and Aditi Bhargava
Cells 2021, 10(6), 1553; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10061553
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1553

"Advanced Maternal Age Deteriorates the Developmental Competence of Vitrified Oocytes in Mice"
by Ju Hee Lee, Jae Kyun Park, Sook Young Yoon, Eun A Park, Jin Hyun Jun, Hyunjung J. Lim, Jayeon Kim and Haengseok Song
Cells 2021, 10(6), 1563; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10061563
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1563

"Development of Optimized Vitrification Procedures Using Closed Carrier System to Improve the Survival and Developmental Competence of Vitrified Mouse Oocytes"
by Jae Kyun Park, Ju Hee Lee, Eun A Park, Hyunjung J. Lim, Sang Woo Lyu, Woo Sik Lee, Jayeon Kim and Haengseok Song
Cells 2021, 10(7), 1670; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10071670
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/7/1670

"Generation of a Highly Biomimetic Organoid, Including Vasculature, Resembling the Native Immature Testis Tissue"
by Tat-Chuan Cham, Fahar Ibtisham, Mohammad Amin Fayaz and Ali Honaramooz
Cells 2021, 10(7), 1696; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10071696
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/7/1696

"ACE2 Is Expressed in Immune Cells That Infiltrate the Placenta in Infection-Associated Preterm Birth"
by Phetcharawan Lye, Caroline E. Dunk, Jianhong Zhang, Yanxing Wei, Jittanan Nakpu, Hirotaka Hamada, Guinever E. Imperio, Enrrico Bloise, Stephen G. Matthews and Stephen J. Lye
Cells 2021, 10(7), 1724; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10071724
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/7/1724

"Ancestral Sperm Ecotypes Reveal Multiple Invasions of a Non-Native Fish in Northern Europe"
by Leon Green, Apostolos Apostolou, Ellika Faust, Kajsa Palmqvist, Jane W. Behrens, Jonathan N. Havenhand, Erica H. Leder and Charlotta Kvarnemo
Cells 2021, 10(7), 1743; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10071743
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/7/1743

"Fisher vs. the Worms: Extraordinary Sex Ratios in Nematodes and the Mechanisms that Produce Them"
by Justin Van Goor, Diane C. Shakes and Eric S. Haag
Cells 2021, 10(7), 1793; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10071793
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/7/1793

"NF-κB—An Important Player in Xenoestrogen Signaling in Immune Cells"
by Karolina Nowak, Ewa Jabłońska and Wioletta Ratajczak-Wrona
Cells 2021, 10(7), 1799; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10071799
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/7/1799

"Understanding Cervical Cancer through Proteomics"
by Fátima Martínez-Rodríguez, Jared E. Limones-González, Brenda Mendoza-Almanza, Edgar L. Esparza-Ibarra, Perla I. Gallegos-Flores, Jorge L. Ayala-Luján, Susana Godina-González, Eva Salinas and Gretel Mendoza-Almanza
Cells 2021, 10(8), 1854; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10081854
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/8/1854

"Melatonin, a Potential Therapeutic Agent for Preeclampsia, Reduces the Extrusion of Toxic Extracellular Vesicles from Preeclamptic Placentae"
by Yunhui Tang, Katie Groom, Larry Chamley and Qi Chen
Cells 2021, 10(8), 1904; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10081904
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/8/1904

"miR-135a Suppresses Granulosa Cell Growth by Targeting Tgfbr1 and Ccnd2 during Folliculogenesis in Mice"
by Lei Wang, Yaru Chen, Shang Wu, Jinhua Tang, Gaogui Chen and Fenge Li
Cells 2021, 10(8), 2104; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10082104
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/8/2104

"Ovarian Decellularized Bioscaffolds Provide an Optimal Microenvironment for Cell Growth and Differentiation In Vitro"
by Georgia Pennarossa, Teresina De Iorio, Fulvio Gandolfi and Tiziana A. L. Brevini
Cells 2021, 10(8), 2126; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10082126
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/8/2126

"Functional Analysis of p21Cip1/CDKN1A and Its Family Members in Trophoblastic Cells of the Placenta and Its Roles in Preeclampsia"
by Nina-Naomi Kreis, Alexandra Friemel, Lukas Jennewein, Samira Catharina Hoock, Anna Elisabeth Hentrich, Thorsten Nowak, Frank Louwen and Juping Yuan
Cells 2021, 10(9), 2214; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10092214
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/9/2214

"Hypoblast Formation in Bovine Embryos Does Not Depend on NANOG"
by Claudia Springer, Valeri Zakhartchenko, Eckhard Wolf and Kilian Simmet
Cells 2021, 10(9), 2232; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10092232
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/9/2232

"Loss of Ubiquitin Carboxy-Terminal Hydrolase L1 Impairs Long-Term Differentiation Competence and Metabolic Regulation in Murine Spermatogonial Stem Cells"
by Whitney F. Alpaugh, Anna L. Voigt, Rkia Dardari, Lin Su, Iman Al Khatib, Wisoo Shin, Taylor M. Goldsmith, Krysta M. Coyle, Lin A. Tang, Timothy E. Shutt et al.
Cells 2021, 10(9), 2265; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10092265
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/9/2265

"Selection on Sperm Count, but Not on Sperm Morphology or Velocity, in a Wild Population of Anolis Lizards"
by Ariel F. Kahrl, Matthew C. Kustra, Aaron M. Reedy, Rachana S. Bhave, Heidi A. Seears, Daniel A. Warner and Robert M. Cox
Cells 2021, 10(9), 2369; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10092369
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/9/2369

"Upregulation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor of the Steroidogenesis Pathway in the Cumulus Cells Is Associated with the Maturation of Oocytes and Achievement of Pregnancy"
by Myung Joo Kim, Young Sang Kim, Yu Jin Kim, Hye Ran Lee, Kyoung Hee Choi, Eun A Park, Ki Ye Kang, Tae Ki Yoon, Sohyun Hwang, Jung Jae Ko et al.
Cells 2021, 10(9), 2389; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10092389
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/9/2389

"Long-Term Maintenance of Viable Adult Rat Sertoli Cells Able to Establish Testis Barrier Components and Function in Response to Androgens"
by Hassan Kabbesh, Muhammad A. Riaz, Alexandra D. Jensen, Georgios Scheiner-Bobis and Lutz Konrad
Cells 2021, 10(9), 2405; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10092405
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/9/2405

"Mammalian Cell-Free System Recapitulates the Early Events of Post-Fertilization Sperm Mitophagy"
by Won-Hee Song, Dalen Zuidema, Young-Joo Yi, Michal Zigo, Zhibing Zhang, Miriam Sutovsky and Peter Sutovsky
Cells 2021, 10(9), 2450; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10092450
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/9/2450

"The Role of Mitochondria in Oocyte Maturation"
by Anastasia Kirillova, Johan E. J. Smitz, Gennady T. Sukhikh and Ilya Mazunin
Cells 2021, 10(9), 2484; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10092484
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/9/2484

"Progressive Domain Segregation in Early Embryonic Development and Underlying Correlation to Genetic and Epigenetic Changes"
by Hui Quan, Hao Tian, Sirui Liu, Yue Xue, Yu Zhang, Wei Xie and Yi Qin Gao
Cells 2021, 10(10), 2521; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102521
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/10/2521

"A Human 3D Cardiomyocyte Risk Model to Study the Cardiotoxic Influence of X-rays and Other Noxae in Adults"
by Timo Smit, Esther Schickel, Omid Azimzadeh, Christine von Toerne, Oliver Rauh, Sylvia Ritter, Marco Durante and Insa S. Schroeder
Cells 2021, 10(10), 2608; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102608
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/10/2608

"Pathological AT1R-B2R Protein Aggregation and Preeclampsia"
by Ursula Quitterer and Said AbdAlla
Cells 2021, 10(10), 2609; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102609
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/10/2609

"Ejaculate Allocation and Sperm Characteristics Differ among Alternative Male Types in a Species of Fish with Cooperation and Competition among Unrelated Males"
by Suzanne H. Alonzo, Kelly A. Stiver, Holly K. Kindsvater, Susan E. Marsh-Rollo, Bridget Nugent and Erem Kazancıoğlu
Cells 2021, 10(10), 2612; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102612
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/10/2612

"Integrated Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Gonads Reveal Disruption of Germ Cell Proliferation and Division, and Energy Storage in Glycogen in Sterile Triploid Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas)"
by Chen Chen, Hong Yu and Qi Li
Cells 2021, 10(10), 2668; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102668
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/10/2668

"The Long Terminal Repeats of ERV6 Are Activated in Pre-Implantation Embryos of Cynomolgus Monkey"
by Kui Duan, Chen-Yang Si, Shu-Mei Zhao, Zong-Yong Ai, Bao-Hua Niu, Yu Yin, Li-Feng Xiang, Hao Ding and Yun Zheng
Cells 2021, 10(10), 2710; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102710
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/10/2710

"Cullin4 E3 Ubiquitin Ligases Regulate Male Gonocyte Migration, Proliferation and Blood-Testis Barrier Homeostasis"
by Yan Yin, Liming Zhu, Qiufang Li, Pengbo Zhou and Liang Ma
Cells 2021, 10(10), 2732; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102732
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/10/2732

"Sperm Cyst “Looping”: A Developmental Novelty Enabling Extreme Male Ornament Evolution"
by Zeeshan A. Syed, Romano Dallai, Negar Nasirzadeh, Julie A. Brill, Patrick M. O’Grady, Siyuan Cong, Ethan M. Leef, Sarah Rice, Amaar Asif, Stephanie Nguyen et al.
Cells 2021, 10(10), 2762; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102762
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/10/2762

"Challenges and Considerations during In Vitro Production of Porcine Embryos"
by Paula R. Chen, Bethany K. Redel, Karl C. Kerns, Lee D. Spate and Randall S. Prather
Cells 2021, 10(10), 2770; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102770
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/10/2770

"Advances in Reproductive Endocrinology and Neuroendocrine Research Using Catfish Models"
by Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran and Sonika Kar
Cells 2021, 10(11), 2807; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10112807
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/2807

"Neonatal Porcine Germ Cells Dedifferentiate and Display Osteogenic and Pluripotency Properties"
by Mohammad Amin Fayaz, Gustavo dos Santos Rosa and Ali Honaramooz
Cells 2021, 10(11), 2816; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10112816
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/2816

"Progesterone Induced Blocking Factor Reduces Hypertension and Placental Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Response to sFlt-1 during Pregnancy"
by Evangeline Deer, Jalisa Jones, Denise C. Cornelius, Kyleigh Comley, Owen Herrock, Nathan Campbell, Sarah Fitzgerald, Tarek Ibrahim, Babbette LaMarca and Lorena M. Amaral
Cells 2021, 10(11), 2817; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10112817
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/2817

"NLRP3 Activation and Its Relationship to Endothelial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress: Implications for Preeclampsia and Pharmacological Interventions"
by Priscila Rezeck Nunes, Sarah Viana Mattioli and Valeria Cristina Sandrim
Cells 2021, 10(11), 2828; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10112828
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/2828

"Bisphenol A Analogues Suppress Spheroid Attachment on Human Endometrial Epithelial Cells through Modulation of Steroid Hormone Receptors Signaling Pathway"
by Hongjie Fan, Sudini R. Fernando, Luhan Jiang, Ziyi Wang, Suranga P. Kodithuwakku, Chris K. C. Wong, Ernest H. Y. Ng, William S. B. Yeung and Kai-Fai Lee
Cells 2021, 10(11), 2882; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10112882
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/2882

"Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure and Placental DNA Methylation Changes: Implications on Fetal Development and Future Disease Susceptibility"
by Terisha Ghazi, Pragalathan Naidoo, Rajen N. Naidoo and Anil A. Chuturgoon
Cells 2021, 10(11), 3025; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10113025
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/3025

"Vascular Dysfunction in Preeclampsia"
by Megan A. Opichka, Matthew W. Rappelt, David D. Gutterman, Justin L. Grobe and Jennifer J. McIntosh
Cells 2021, 10(11), 3055; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10113055
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/3055

"Review: Mechanisms of Glyphosate and Glyphosate-Based Herbicides Action in Female and Male Fertility in Humans and Animal Models"
by Loïse Serra, Anthony Estienne, Claudine Vasseur, Pascal Froment and Joëlle Dupont
Cells 2021, 10(11), 3079; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10113079
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/3079

"Bitter Taste Receptors Expression in Human Granulosa and Cumulus Cells: New Perspectives in Female Fertility"
by Bianca Semplici, Francesca Paola Luongo, Sofia Passaponti, Claudia Landi, Laura Governini, Giuseppe Morgante, Vincenzo De Leo, Paola Piomboni and Alice Luddi
Cells 2021, 10(11), 3127; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10113127
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/3127

"Amniotic Epithelial Stem Cells Counteract Acidic Degradation by-Products of Electrospun PLGA Scaffold by Improving Their Immunomodulatory Profile In Vitro"
by Mohammad El Khatib, Valentina Russo, Giuseppe Prencipe, Annunziata Mauro, Ralf Wyrwa, Gabriele Grimm, Miriam Di Mattia, Paolo Berardinelli, Matthias Schnabelrauch and Barbara Barboni
Cells 2021, 10(11), 3221; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10113221
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/3221

"Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) Administration Sex-Specifically Affects Blood Insulin Levels and Liver Steatosis in Obese Ay Mice"
by Elena Makarova, Antonina Kazantseva, Anastasia Dubinina, Elena Denisova, Tatiana Jakovleva, Natalia Balybina, Nataliya Bgatova, Konstantin Baranov and Nadezhda Bazhan
Cells 2021, 10(12), 3440; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10123440
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/12/3440

"Protein Kinase A (PRKA) Activity Is Regulated by the Proteasome at the Onset of Human Sperm Capacitation"
by Héctor Zapata-Carmona, Lina Barón, Milene Kong and Patricio Morales
Cells 2021, 10(12), 3501; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10123501
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/12/3501

"The Legacy of Parker, Baker and Smith 1972: Gamete Competition, the Evolution of Anisogamy, and Model Robustness"
by Jussi Lehtonen
Cells 2021, 10(3), 573; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030573
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/3/573

"Measuring Pre- and Post-Copulatory Sexual Selection and Their Interaction in Socially Monogamous Species with Extra-Pair Paternity"
by Emily Rebecca Alison Cramer
Cells 2021, 10(3), 620; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030620
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/3/620

"Molecular Evolution of CatSper in Mammals and Function of Sperm Hyperactivation in Gray Short-Tailed Opossum"
by Jae Yeon Hwang, Jamie Maziarz, Günter P. Wagner and Jean-Ju Chung
Cells 2021, 10(5), 1047; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10051047
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/5/1047

"Weapons Evolve Faster Than Sperm in Bovids and Cervids"
by Charel Reuland, Leigh W. Simmons, Stefan Lüpold and John L. Fitzpatrick
Cells 2021, 10(5), 1062; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10051062
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/5/1062

"Acid Sensing Ion Channel 2a Is Reduced in the Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure Mouse Model and Increases Seizure Susceptibility in Pregnant Mice"
by Maria Jones-Muhammad, Qingmei Shao, Loretta Cain-Shields, James P. Shaffery and Junie P. Warrington
Cells 2021, 10(5), 1135; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10051135
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/5/1135

"Can Sexual Selection Drive the Evolution of Sperm Cell Structure?"
by Leigh W. Simmons and Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez
Cells 2021, 10(5), 1227; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10051227
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/5/1227

"In Vitro Fertilisation of Mouse Oocytes in L-Proline and L-Pipecolic Acid Improves Subsequent Development"
by Tamara Treleaven, Madeleine L.M. Hardy, Michelle Guttman-Jones, Michael B. Morris and Margot L. Day
Cells 2021, 10(6), 1352; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10061352
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1352

"Longer Sperm Swim More Slowly in the Canary Islands Chiffchaff"
by Emily R. A. Cramer, Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey, Lars Erik Johannessen, Terje Laskemoen, Gunnhild Marthinsen, Arild Johnsen and Jan T. Lifjeld
Cells 2021, 10(6), 1358; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10061358
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1358

"The Origin of the Cyathea delgadii Sternb. Somatic Embryos Is Determined by the Developmental State of Donor Tissue and Mutual Balance of Selected Metabolites"
by Anna Mikuła, Wojciech Tomaszewicz, Michał Dziurka, Andrzej Kaźmierczak, Małgorzata Grzyb, Mirosław Sobczak, Piotr Zdańkowski and Jan Rybczyński
Cells 2021, 10(6), 1388; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10061388
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1388

"Current Understandings of Core Pathways for the Activation of Mammalian Primordial Follicles"
by Yu Zhao, Haiwei Feng, Yihui Zhang, Jian V. Zhang, Xiaohui Wang, Dongteng Liu, Tianren Wang, Raymond H. W. Li, Ernest H. Y. Ng, William S. B. Yeung et al.
Cells 2021, 10(6), 1491; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10061491
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1491

"Food Limitation but Not Enhanced Rates of Ejaculate Production Imposes Reproductive and Survival Costs to Male Crickets"
by Saoirse McMahon, Magdalena Matzke and Cristina Tuni
Cells 2021, 10(6), 1498; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10061498
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/6/1498

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