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CONTENTS Special Issue: Proceedings of the International Congress on Fertilization, Embryo Development and Implantation, New Delhi, India, November 2000 Sperm Antigens and their Functional Significance Two-dimensional electrophoretic analysis of sperm antigens recognized by sperm immobiliz- ing antibodies detected in infertile women H. Shibahara, I. Sato, J. Shetty, S. Naaby-Hansen, . Herr, E. Wakimoto, K. Koyama (Tochigi, Hyogo, Japan; Charlottesville, VA). ae Molecular and immunological characteristics of sperm antigens ‘involved jin egg binding R.K. Naz (Toledo, OH). : er aOeRa opr eer Transcriptional regulation of spermiogenesis: insights from the ‘study of the gene encoding the acrosomal protein SP-10 P.P. Reddi, A.N. Shore, K.K. Acharya, J.C. Herr (VA) Pas Re aha eye eae Molecular analysis of the Y chromosome AZFc region in Japanese infertile males with spermatogenic defects H. Sawai, S. Komori, K. Koyama (Nishinomiya-shi, Japan). a Reduction in the level of hyaluronan binding protein | (HABP1) is associi ated W vith IS S of sperm motility I. Ghosh, A. Bharadwaj, K. Datta (New Delhi, India) . Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins, Oolemma Proteins and their Role in Fertilization Oolemmal proteomics S.A. Coonrod, P.W. Wright, . Herr (Charlottesville, VA). oe Primate recombinant zona io 1 proteins expressed in Escherichia coli bind t1 o spermato- ZOa G.K. Gahlay, N. Srivastava, C.K. Govind, S.K. Gupta (New Delhi, India) . Involvement of carbohydrate molecules on zona pellucida in human fertilization M. Maegawa, M. Kamada, S. Yamamoto, S. Yamano, M. Irahara, H. Kido, T. Aono (Tokushima, Japan) — iceptive potential of synthetic‘ peptides oo f zona pellucida protein (ZPA) . Hasegawa, Y. Hamada, M. Shigeta, K. Koyama (Nishinomiya, Japan) a contraceptive potential of ZP3 and ZP3 peptides in a primate model M. Paterson, Z.A. Jennings, M.R. Wilson, R.J. Aitken (Edinburgh, UK) Molecular and Biomolecular Events During Sperm Function Role of seminal plasma phospholipid-binding proteins in sperm membrane lipid modification that occurs during capacitation P. Manjunath, I. Thérien (Montreal, Canada) Signal transduction pathways in human spermatozoa E. Baldi, M. Luconi, L. Bonaccorsi, G. Forti (Florence. Italy) Novel signaling pathways involved in sperm acquisition of fertilizing capacity P.E. Visconti, V.A. Westbrook, O. Chertihin, I. Demarco, S. Sleight, A.B. Diekman (Charlottesville, VA) . OTepet e re Role and regulation of intracelfuks ir calcium :i n acrosomal exocytosis H. Breitbart (Ramat Gan, Israel). Signaling through protein kinases during egg activation E. Eliyahu, A. Talmor-Cohen, R. Shalgi (Tel-Aviv, Israel) . Events During Fertilization, Post Fertilization and Early Embryonic Development Oocyte-specific genes regulate follicle formation, fertility and early mouse sehaeeannee J. Dean (Bethesda, MD). : : Interactions between zona pellucida glJyy coproteins and sperm proacrosin/acrosin ‘during fertilization “A Howes, R. Jones (Cambridge, UK). Gene expression profiling of human GV oocytes: an analysis of a ) profile obtained by waa analysis of eo expression (SAGE) J.L. Stanton, M. Bascand, L. Fisher, M. Quinn, A. Macgregor, D.P.L. Green (Dunedin, aces Ee See ee oy Oe a ne ee OR ere Regulation of peri-atte schment extbtyo development iin ‘the golden hamster: role of growth factors P.B. Seshagiri, A. Mishra, G. Ramesh, R.P. Rao (Bangalore, India) . Endometrium Antigens Involved in Implantation Newly identified endometrial genes of importance for implantation L.A. Salamonsen, G. Nie, J.K. Findlay (Clayton, Australia) . ' Blastocyst—endometrium interaction at implantation in the rhesus monkey J. Sengupta, D. Ghosh (New Delhi, India) . Immunobiology of Pregnanc) A brief review of recent data on some cytokine expressions at the materno-foetal interface which might challenge the classical Thi/Th2 dichotomy G. Chaouat, S. Zourbas, S. Ostojic, G. Lappree-Delage, S. Dubanchet, N. Ledee, J. Martal (Clamart, Jouy en Josas, France) . set : oe of cytokines, integrins and hormones in 7 neath ‘alts . Das, V.S. Kumar, S. Gupta, S. Kumar (New Delhi, India). ta laid ea to contact proteins in patients with recurrent pregnancy losses I. Sugi, T. Makino (Kanagawa, Japan). ; Interest in preeclampsia for researchers in reproduction P.-Y. Robillard (Saint-Pierre, France) . Human malignant cell death by apoptosis-inducing nucleosides from the decidua derived CD57 *H LA-DR?" natural suppressor cell line T. Mori, M. Guo, X. Li, E. Mori (Tokyo, Japan).