• This study was undertaken to determine whether the vaginal microbes of women at childbearing age is different among groups defined by urogenital tract infections, childbearing history and menstrual cycle, respectively. (researchsquare.com)
  • This was a multiple case-control study of women at childbearing age who were assigned to case or control groups according to their states of urogenital tract infections. (researchsquare.com)
  • We tested the hypothesis of whether the relative abundance of microbial species in vaginal microbiota was different between women with different urogenital tract infections, childbearing history and menstrual cycle. (researchsquare.com)
  • We showed that the vaginal microbial richness(Alpha diversity measured by PD_whole tree) was decreased in normal women(without reproductive tract infections) than in those with bacterial vaginosis (BV), and decreased in pregnant women than in other groups of non-pregnancy. (researchsquare.com)
  • Women from groups of in pregnancy and without reproductive tract infections had lower alpha and beta diversity. (researchsquare.com)
  • The compositional ratio of the main lactobacillus species may shift depending on the normal physiological cycle and reproductive tract infections. (researchsquare.com)
  • So the current study sought to examine this question by characterizing the differential microbiota among groups of urogenital tract infections, childbearing history and phases of menstrual cycle. (researchsquare.com)
  • It recognizes that prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections are core aspects of sexual and reproductive health, as stated in the strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets related to reproductive health. (who.int)
  • First, their control reduces the enormous burden of morbidity and mortality due to sexually transmitted infections in both resource-constrained and developed countries, both directly, through its impact on quality of life, sexual and reproductive health and child health, and indirectly, through its impact on national and individual economies. (who.int)
  • Those are the upper reproductive tract infections that cause more serious consequences. (cdc.gov)
  • Outcomes from this innovative research have the potential for discovering therapeutic targets for reproductive tract infections, such as chlamydia, which cause major worldwide health and socioeconomic problems and will put Australia at the forefront of this endeavour. (monash.edu)
  • Mycoplasma genitalium and Other Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregn" by Michelle J.L. Scoulla, Philippe Boeuf et al. (aku.edu)
  • Much about the range of pathogens, frequency of coinfection, and clinical effects of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) among pregnant women remains unknown. (aku.edu)
  • Reproductive Tract Infections (RTI) have a direct impact on reproductive and child health through infertility, cancers, and pregnancy complications, and they have an indirect impact through their role in facilitating the sexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus. (iapsmupuk.org)
  • Prevalence of symptoms found to be associated with these females having low educational status, early age of marriage, high parity, partner history of reproductive Tract Infections, history of violence etc. (iapsmupuk.org)
  • Bhilwar M, Lal P, Sharma N, Bhalla P, Kumar A. Prevalence of reproductive tract infections and their determinants in married women residing in an peri-urban slum of North-East Delhi, India. (iapsmupuk.org)
  • However, the identity and concentration of factors found in semenmay be altered in the male reproductive tract as a consequence of sexually transmitted infections and infertility conditions. (hoajonline.com)
  • In the case of a navicular configuration, urinary complaints (eg, dribbling, retention, urinary tract infections) may occasionally result. (medscape.com)
  • In this review, we will discuss current evidence that microbial communities are critical for maintaining reproductive health and how perturbations of microbial community structures can impact reproductive health from the aspect of infection, reproductive cyclicity, pregnancy, and disease states. (frontiersin.org)
  • It is concluded that combined treatment with low-intensity laser radiation and magnetic field has beneficial effect on the parameters of mucosal immunity in the reproductive tract of women with Chlamydial infection. (eurekamag.com)
  • On the other hand, the composition of genital tract microbiota differs depending on factors that have no direct relation to infection, such as race, nationality that the women belonging to[6], or hygiene practices that they accustomed to[7,8]. (researchsquare.com)
  • Interferon É restricts Zika virus infection in the female reproductive tract. (bvsalud.org)
  • IFNÉ -deficient mice exhibited abnormalities in the epithelial border and underlying tissue in the cervicovaginal tract, and these defects were associated with increased susceptibility to vaginal but not subcutaneous ZIKV infection . (bvsalud.org)
  • Inflammation of the reproductive tract of a cow occurs when the physical and functional barriers to contamination are breached or specific infection occurs. (virascience.com)
  • Some women with apparently uncomplicated cervical infection already have subclinical upper reproductive tract infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Gupta AK, Thakur A, Chauhan T, Chauhan N. A study to determine socio demographic corelates of reproductive tract infection amongst women of reproductive age group. (iapsmupuk.org)
  • The female reproductive tract and its tissues produce antimicrobial peptides as part of the immune response. (wikipedia.org)
  • This manuscript will describe recent efforts to define microbial diversity in the female reproductive tract because of the impact that microbial function has on reproductive efficiency. (frontiersin.org)
  • In adults, angiogenesis is an infrequent event in the normal tissue except in the female reproductive tract where angiogenesis occurs frequently during the cyclical repair and regeneration of the endometrium as well as in the ovary. (um.es)
  • Zika virus ( ZIKV ), an emerging pathogen, can infect the female reproductive tract (FRT) and cause devastating diseases , particularly in pregnant women . (bvsalud.org)
  • Developmental disorders of the female reproductive tract are problems in the reproductive organs of a baby girl. (medlineplus.gov)
  • As a result, developmental problems in the female reproductive tract sometimes occur with problems in other areas. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Histological description of the reproductive tract of male and female hatchlings of the magdalena river turtle (podocnemis lewyana). (unal.edu.co)
  • misc{unal_51370, author = {Sánchez Ospina Andrés Camilo and Rodríguez Berardo and Ceballos Claudia Patricia}, title = {Histological description of the reproductive tract of male and female hatchlings of the magdalena river turtle (podocnemis lewyana). (unal.edu.co)
  • year = {2014-06-05}, abstract = {In this study we review the macro and microscopic description of the reproductive system of male and female Podocnemis lewyana neonates of 3.5 months of age. (unal.edu.co)
  • AU - Sánchez Ospina, Andrés Camilo AU - Rodríguez, Berardo AU - Ceballos, Claudia Patricia Y1 - 2014-06-05 UR - https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/51370 PB - Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología AB - In this study we review the macro and microscopic description of the reproductive system of male and female Podocnemis lewyana neonates of 3.5 months of age. (unal.edu.co)
  • In this study we review the macro and microscopic description of the reproductive system of male and female Podocnemis lewyana neonates of 3.5 months of age. (unal.edu.co)
  • Sperm transport in the female reproductive tract. (virascience.com)
  • Inflammation in the bovine female reproductive tract. (virascience.com)
  • A brief description of the basic pattern of mammalian organogenesis of the female reproductive tract is presented based on events as they occur in human beings. (virascience.com)
  • In mammalian reproduction, sperm have a tough task: like trout swimming upstream, they must swim against a current through a convoluted female reproductive tract in search of the unfertilized egg. (cornell.edu)
  • Their study asserts that, in the presence of a gentle fluid flow, the biophysics of the female reproductive tract - in particular, the grooves that line parts of it - critically guide sperm migration without aiding the migration of pathogens. (cornell.edu)
  • The findings point to the co-evolution of sperm motility and the female reproductive tract, and could lend new insight into fertility treatments by shifting focus to the physics of the interaction of sperm with the female reproductive tract. (cornell.edu)
  • Tung led the design of a microfluidic device that mimics the biophysical environment of the two junctions in the female reproductive tract, the cervix, and the junction between the uterus and oviduct, or fallopian tube. (cornell.edu)
  • Tung used data provided by Suarez's group, which studies how sperm move through the female tract. (cornell.edu)
  • The device, about 4 centimeters in length, was carved with 10-20 micron-wide grooves that are found in the female reproductive tract. (cornell.edu)
  • They found that when sperm swam against a current similar to the downward current found in the female reproductive tract, the sperm tended to enter microgrooves and swim through them against the direction of the flow. (cornell.edu)
  • Dr Hickey specialises in hormone regulated immunity in the female reproductive tract regulating inflammation. (edu.au)
  • Steroid hormones in the male and female genital tracts regulate immunity. (edu.au)
  • More research is required in this area to elucidate the roles of H 2 S in the female reproductive tract and its mechanisms of action. (aston.ac.uk)
  • Carson, RJ & Konje, JC 2010, ' Role of hydrogen sulfide in the female reproductive tract ', Expert Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology , vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 203-213. (aston.ac.uk)
  • Despite having been the subject of intensive studies, it is not fully elucidated what exactly occurs after HIV contact with the female genital tract mucosa. (virascience.com)
  • Immunity in the female sheep reproductive tract. (virascience.com)
  • Immune surveillance in the female reproductive tract is dependent on the interplay of many factors that include the expression of pattern recognition receptors on epithelial cells, resident leukocyte populations and hormones, none of which are uniform. (virascience.com)
  • IFN epsilon is unique because it is expressed exclusively and constantly in the female reproductive tract where we hypothesise it has a critical function in regulating immune responses. (monash.edu)
  • Carmel, I, Tram, U & Heifetz, Y 2016, ' Mating induces developmental changes in the insect female reproductive tract ', Current Opinion in Insect Science , vol. 13, pp. 106-113. (huji.ac.il)
  • Activation of the Notch Signaling Pathway Affects Development of the Reproductive Tract and Fertility in Female Mice. (fiu.edu)
  • Diseases that affect each of the female reproductive tract organs, along with treatments that have direct, deleterious effects on the reproductive tract (for example, chemotherapeutics), are understudied due to the lack of model systems that phenocopy in vivo function. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This review describes a path toward developing female reproductive tract mimics. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The female reproductive tract produces hormones, supplies gametes and supports embryos through fetal development. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The female reproductive tract organs are dynamic and require synchronization of movement and differentiation to guide ovulated oocytes, prepare for implantation and nurture a fetus to develop as an independent organism. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thus, while we have focused on the role of female sex hormones on the adjacent reproductive tissues, it is important to keep in mind the impact of the overall influence of estrogens and progesterones on all tissues of the body [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These factors are essential to establishing conditions that facilitate fertilization and embryogenesis through modulation of local immune responses in the female reproductive tract. (hoajonline.com)
  • Female reproductive problems are usually related to complex cycling rhythms gone wrong. (encyclopedia.com)
  • This chapter describes the different parts of the female reproductive system: the organs involved in the process of reproduction, hormones that regulate a woman's body, the menstrual cycle, ovulation and pregnancy, the female's role in genetic division, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and other diseases and disorders. (wikibooks.org)
  • In the human reproductive process, two kinds of sex cells ( gametes), are involved: the male gamete (sperm), and the female gamete (egg or ovum). (wikibooks.org)
  • The reproductive systems of the male and female have some basic similarities and some specialized differences. (wikibooks.org)
  • Cross-sectional diagram of the female reproductive organs. (wikibooks.org)
  • The differences between the female and male reproductive systems are based on the functions of each individual's role in the reproduction cycle. (wikibooks.org)
  • In fact, they are unable to reach the egg in the female tract unless they are activated by the hormone progesterone . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • This is an important advance in explaining how sperm become hypermotile in the female reproductive tract. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Pathological processes involving the female reproductive tract (GENITALIA, FEMALE). (bvsalud.org)
  • The lower reproductive tract must accommodate the presence of commensal organisms whereas the upper reproductive tract is sterile. (virascience.com)
  • On average, 500-1000 oocytes are ovulated during a woman's reproductive lifetime. (wikibooks.org)
  • This doctor treats cancers of a woman's reproductive tract. (webmd.com)
  • Title : Air pollution and inflammation: Findings from concurrent repeated measures of systemic and reproductive tract cytokines during term pregnancy in Mexico City Personal Author(s) : Buxton, Miatta A.;Meraz-Cruz, Noemi;Sanchez, Brisa N.;Gronlund, Carina J.;Foxman, Betsy;Vadillo-Ortega, Felipe;O'Neill, Marie S. (cdc.gov)
  • A baby starts to develop its reproductive organs between weeks 4 and 5 of pregnancy. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Such knowledge would allow us to target VEGF for improving human reproductive tract abnormalities, for enhancing implantation and fertility, and for designing drugs for treatment of endocrine dependent cancers. (um.es)
  • Cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can cause cancers in the mouth, throat, and reproductive tract, as well as genital warts. (cdc.gov)
  • Woman genital tract is one of the natural niches that harbor the most amount of body microbes[1].The normal structure of vaginal microbiome plays a pivotal role in maintaining the healthy microecosystem, especially for those in childbearing age. (researchsquare.com)
  • Improving our fund of knowledge about reproductive tract biology and creating reproductive organs for patients who have lost gonadal, uterine or vaginal/ cervical function is a major step forward in women's health and an important advancement in personalized medicine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Likewise, it is important to develop reproductive organs in a connected microfluidic system in order to provide the sequence of hormones that control biological function in a dynamic manner. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Further, they sustain other sexual organs and their function throughout the reproductive years. (encyclopedia.com)
  • They are the same in that most of the reproductive organs of both sexes develop from similar embryonic tissue, meaning they are homologous. (wikibooks.org)
  • And both systems experience maturation of their reproductive organs, which become functional during puberty as a result of the gonads secreting sex hormones. (wikibooks.org)
  • Utilizing iPSCs to create the reproductive tract organ mimics would allow for new drug testing, and could provide personalized regenerative treatment options that restore fertility and/or endocrine function. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The role of VEGF in controlling reproductive tract physiology and the role of hormones in regulating this key regulator of angiogenesis is not well understood. (um.es)
  • Since reproductive tract physiology is largely under sexsteroid regulation, we have reviewed some recent studies describing the role of sex-steroid hormones in regulating VEGF. (um.es)
  • She aims to discover whether reproductive hormones and the immune system affect endometriosis disease progression. (edu.au)
  • Additionally, nonreproductive tract effects of the endocrine hormones produced by the ovaries are important to program into other organ systems in order to ensure normal function. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In laboratory animals, PCBs are known to cause cancer and damage to the reproductive, endocrine, immune, and nervous systems. (ewg.org)
  • In our efforts to explore the biology of the male reproductive tract, we unexpectedly found that expression of Cre in the central nervous system resulted in recombination in the epididymis, a tissue where sperm mature for ~1-2 weeks following the completion of testicular development. (elifesciences.org)
  • Together, our findings should motivate caution when interpreting conditional alleles, and suggest the exciting possibility of inter-tissue RNA or protein trafficking in modulation of reproductive biology. (elifesciences.org)
  • Recognizing the array of factors contained in semen and the degree to which they vary is an essential part of understanding the impact of variations in semen content on reproductive biology and the transmission of sexually transmitted disease pathogens. (hoajonline.com)
  • The ART of Reproductive Medicine: Oncofertility Curriculum is designed to enhance current biology courses rather than to replace them. (ohsu.edu)
  • Specific birth defects include reproductive tract and skeletal abnormalities. (ewg.org)
  • But what we really worry about is that it can then also move up the reproductive tract to infect the endometrium, which is the lining of the uterus, and eventually it can sometimes reach the fallopian tubes. (cdc.gov)
  • A surprisingly wide range of Cre drivers - including six different neuronal promoters as well as the adipose-specific Adipoq Cre promoter - exhibited off-target recombination in the epididymis, with a subset of drivers also exhibiting unexpected activity in other tissues such as the reproductive accessory glands. (elifesciences.org)
  • This manuscript reports data consistent with a new and unanticipated phenomenon: that Cre or its mRNA may be transmitted between tissues in the mouse and that the male reproductive tract (epididymis) appears to be the most common target of such transported molecules. (elifesciences.org)
  • Advances in bioengineered tissue mimetics, including three-dimensional ovarian follicle culture, represent an important new avenue of investigation in the study of normal reproductive function and the regeneration of diseased tissues [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The morphology and histology of the reproductive tract of males of the predator Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) fed on different diets were studied. (scielo.br)
  • Research, surveillance and data use for evidence-based decision-making and advocacy are strategic priorities for reproductive health and research programme development at regional and country levels. (who.int)
  • Top Level Push to Tackle Priorities in Sexual and Reproductive Health [online]. (iapsmupuk.org)
  • We have provided an extensive review of the classical VEGF and VEGF receptors with examples drawn from numerous studies in the literature using diverse biological systems to encourage similar studies in the area of reproductive tract physiology. (um.es)
  • Studies in Drosophila and other organisms have shown that stimuli received during courtship and copulation, sperm, and seminal fluid are needed for the full mating response and thus reproductive success. (huji.ac.il)
  • Clinicians and pathologists seeking expertise in reproductive and other mucosal immunology, including cytokine profiling, T cell phenotypes and technical skills (3D tissue culture, Serology, Flow Cytometry, and Genetics) please contact Dr Danica Hickey . (edu.au)
  • They modeled the bovine tract, which is structurally similar to humans in this regard. (cornell.edu)
  • In 2003, the Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA56.30, taking note of the global health-sector strategy for HIV/AIDS,1 and the next year, in resolution WHA57.12, endorsed the strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets related to reproductive health. (who.int)
  • Every mother and child counts The concept of "reproductive health", as an essential component of public health, has been receiving increasing attention and has now been adopted in almost all countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (who.int)
  • 30 May 2012 - The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean is planning a second intercountry training workshop on reproductive health counselling in June 2012. (who.int)
  • 4 October 2010 - Reproductive health surveillance, data collection, analysis and reporting are still inadequate and ineffective in many countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. (who.int)
  • We report on RTIs (Mycoplasma genitalium, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis, Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum, bacterial vaginosis, and vulvovaginal candidiasis) and other reproductive health indicators in 699 pregnant women in Papua New Guinea during 2015-2017. (aku.edu)
  • This ART of Reproductive Medicine Curriculum: Oncofertility was initially developed as part of a 5-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) Interdisciplinary Research Consortium grant which funded the Oncofertility National Science Education Network (ONSEN), initiated by Dr. Teresa Woodruff of Northwestern University. (ohsu.edu)
  • It is speculated that such studies will provide insights into understanding the role of VEGF in reproductive tract development, causes of infertility, and cancer. (um.es)
  • Dr Danica Hickey is a reproductive tract immunologist seeking to understand the genetic and immunological drivers of endometriosis and infertility. (edu.au)
  • These peptides are able to fight pathogens and at the same time allow the maintenance of the microbiota that are part of the reproductive system in women. (wikipedia.org)
  • Even though the reproductive system is essential to keeping a species alive, it is not essential to keeping an individual alive. (wikibooks.org)
  • The six stages in which the human reproductive system is susceptible to environmental factors are identified. (cdc.gov)
  • The association of the normal physiological cycle to the structural pattern of microbiota in reproductive tract of women at reproductive age has not been extensively explored. (researchsquare.com)
  • Deeply infiltrative endometriosis is rare, affecting around 1% of women of reproductive age. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • 1. Analyze the national and global statistics related to reproductive cancer rates in women. (academicfinest.com)
  • 2. Plan, implement, and evaluate using the nursing process for women with cancer of the reproductive tract. (academicfinest.com)
  • 7. Appraise the psychological distress felt by women diagnosed with any reproductive cancer and the resources available to them. (academicfinest.com)
  • To find the prevalence and determinants of RTI/STI among married women of reproductive age group in rural and peri-urban areas of Aligarh. (iapsmupuk.org)
  • The data were collected by using a pretested, semi-structured with both open and closed-ended questionnaire from 500 married women of reproductive age group. (iapsmupuk.org)
  • Rani V, Dixit AM, Kumar S, Singh NP, Jain PK, Peeyush K. Reproductive morbidity profile among ever married women (15-44) years of rural Etawah District, Uttar Pradesh: A cross-sectional study. (iapsmupuk.org)
  • the tract supplies a finite number of gametes, and it supports fetal development. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Environmental factors such as toxic secretions in the male reproductive tract may interfere with fertilization in stage 3. (cdc.gov)
  • Effects of occupational exposure to toxic materials on human reproductive capacity are reviewed. (cdc.gov)
  • The morphological characteristics of the male reproductive tract were similar under all diets, except for the artificial one. (scielo.br)