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Submissions from 2009
Characterization of a novel gain of function glucocorticoid receptor knock-in mouse, Junhui Zhang, Renshan Ge, Catherine Matte-Martone, Julie Goodwin, Warren D. Shlomchik, Mark J. Mamula, Ali Kooshkabadi, Matthew P. Hardy, and David Geller
Combined transdermal testosterone gel and the progestin Nestorone suppresses serum gonadotropins in men, Vahid Mahabadi, John K. Amory, Ronald S. Swerdloff, William J. Bremner, Stephanie T. Page, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Peter D. Christensen, Narender Kumar, Yun-yen Tsong, Diana Blithe, and Christina Wang
Commercial sex workers in five Ethiopian cities: A baseline survey for USAID Targeted HIV Prevention Program for most-at-risk populations, Woldemariam Girma and Annabel Erulkar
Community interventions providing care and support to orphans and vulnerable children: A review of evaluation evidence, Katie D. Schenk
Comprehensive care and HIV prophylaxis after sexual assault in rural South Africa: The Refentse intervention study, Julia C. Kim, Ian Askew, Lufuno Muvhango, Ntabozuko Dwane, Tanya Abramsky, Stephen Jan, Ennica Ntlemo, Jane Chege, and Charlotte Watts
Connexin 43 and plakophilin-2 as a protein complex that regulates blood-testis barrier dynamics, Michelle W.M. Li, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Coordinating cellular events during spermatogenesis: A biochemical model, Pearl P.Y. Lie, C. Yan Cheng, and Dolores D. Mruk
Cytokines and junction restructuring events during spermatogenesis in the testis: An emerging concept of regulation, Michelle W.M. Li, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Day of Dialogue: Sharing insights and evidence on the female condom in Ghana, Population Council
Deprival of testicular innervation induces apoptosis of Leydig cells via caspase-8-dependent signaling: A novel survival pathway revealed, Yong-Guang Gong, Yi-Qiu Wang, Min Gu, Ming-Ming Feng, Wei Zhang, and Renshan Ge
Different cardiovascular effects of progestins according to structure and activity, Anita Nath and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Disruption of the blood-testis barrier integrity by bisphenol A in vitro: Is this a suitable model for studying blood-testis barrier dynamics?, Michelle W.M. Li, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Distribution, metabolism and excretion of a synthetic androgen 7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone, a potential male-contraceptive, Pramod Vishwanath Prasad, Ramamani Arumugam, Mark Willman, Renshan Ge, Régine Sitruk-Ware, and Narender Kumar
Double-stranded RNA analog poly(I:C) inhibits human immunodeficiency virus amplification in dendritic cells via type I interferon-mediated activation of APOBEC3G, Susanna Trapp, Nina Derby, Rachel Singer, Andrew Shaw, Vennansha G. Williams, Stuart G. Turville, Julian W. Bess Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, and Melissa Robbiani
Drug transporter, P-glycoprotein (MDR1), is an integrated component of the mammalian blood-testis barrier, Linlin Su, C. Yan Cheng, and Dolores D. Mruk
ECP Handbook: Introducing and Mainstreaming the Provision of Emergency Contraceptive Pills in Developing Countries, Sharif M.I. Hossain, M.E. Khan, Ricardo Vernon, Jill Keesbury, Ian Askew, John Townsend, and Victoria Rumbold
Effectiveness of medical abortion with mifepristone and buccal misoprostol through 59 gestational days, Mary Fjerstad, Irving Sivin, E. Steve Lichtenberg, James Trussell, Kelly Cleland, and Vanessa Cullins
Effect of sexual intercourse on the absorption of levonorgestrel after vaginal administration of 0.75 mg in Carraguard® gel: A randomized, cross-over, pharmacokinetic study, Vivian Brache, Horacio B. Croxatto, Narender Kumar, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Leila Cochón, Veronica Schiappacasse, Irving Sivin, Carla Muñoz, Robin A. Maguire, and Anibal Faundes
Engaging men who have sex with men in operations research in Kenya, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Harriet Birungi, and Scott Geibel
Enquête sur la contraception d'urgence (CU) au niveau des pharmacies, Nafissatou J. Diop, Babacar Mane, Ousseynou Faye, Cheikh Ibrahima Niang, Thiaba Thiaw, Aissatou Sano Coly, Fatou Mbow, and Youmane Niang Faye
Epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 8 (Eps8) is a novel regulator of cell adhesion and the blood-testis barrier integrity in the seminiferous epithelium, Pearl P.Y. Lie, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Evaluation of Berhane Hewan: A program to delay child marriage in rural Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Eunice N. Muthengi
Evaluation of HIV counseling and testing in ANC settings and adherence to short course antiretroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT in Francistown, Botswana, Carolyn Baek, Tracy Creek, Lee Ann Jones, Louis Apicella, Jennifer Redner, and Naomi Rutenberg
Exploring the lives of youth in the BPO sector: Findings from a study in Gurgaon, Monisha Vaid
Extracellular matrix and its role in spermatogenesis, Michelle K.Y. Siu and C. Yan Cheng
Family centred approach for HIV services: Pilot study in South Africa, Meredith Sheehy, Nomtandazo Patricia Mini, Tonicah Maphanga, and Scott E. Kellerman
Feasibility and effectiveness of integrating provider-initiated testing and counselling within family planning services in Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Ian Askew, Juma Mwangi, Robert Ayisi, Josephine Kibaru, and Saiqa Mullick
Female genital mutilation/cutting: Change is possible, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Female-initiated prevention: Integrating female condoms into HIV risk-reduction activities in Kenya, Population Council and Liverpool VCT Care & Treatment
Final evaluation of the project for expanding the role of networks of people living with HIV/AIDS, Young-Mi Kim, John Lukwago, and Stella Neema
Financial sustainability of reproductive health services—Understanding costs: An essential skill in reproductive health programs, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Focal adhesion kinase is a blood-testis barrier regulator, Erica R. Siu, Elissa W.P. Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, Catarina S. Porto, and C. Yan Cheng
Formative evaluation: Presidential Initiative on AIDS Strategy for Communication to Youth, Netsayi N. Mudege and Chi-Chi Undie
Gender and reproductive health services: Putting gender perspective into practice, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Gender norms in South Africa: Implications for HIV and pregnancy prevention among African and Indian women students at a South African tertiary institution, Joanne E. Mantell, Sarah L. Needham Engebretsen, Jennifer Ann Smit, Susie Hoffman, Queen Cebekhulu, Jessica Adams-Skinner, Theresa M. Exner, Zonke Mabude, Mags Beksinska, Zena A. Stein, and Cecilia Milford
Guide pour les pilules de contraception d'urgence : Introduire et développer l'offre des pilules de contraception d'urgence dans les pays en voie de développement, Sharif M.I. Hossain, M.E. Khan, Ricardo Vernon, Jill Keesbury, Ian Askew, John Townsend, and Victoria Rumbold
HIV testing, treatment and prevention: Generic tools for operational research, Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer, Sarah Bott, Patrizia Carrieri, Michelle Parsons, Julie Pulerwitz, Naomi Rutenberg, and Avina Sarna
Hospice Africa Uganda: End-of-project evaluation of palliative care services, Annette Bongiovanni and Mary Alexis Greenan
"If you start thinking positively, you won't miss sex": Narratives of sexual (in)activity among people living with HIV in Nairobi's informal settlements, Chi-Chi Undie, Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba, Nyovani Janet Madise, John Kebaso, and Elizabeth Kimani-Murage
Implementation of maternal health financial scheme in rural Bangladesh, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Ubaidur Rob, and Tasnima Kibria
Improving the health care response to gender-based violence: Phase II, Meiwita P. Budiharsana and Mai Quoc Tung
Improving the quality of family planning and reproductive tract infection services for urban slum populations: Demand-based reproductive health commodity project, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, and Md. Mafizur Rahman
Increased proliferation but decreased steroidogenic capacity in Leydig cells from mice lacking cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B, Han Lin, Guo-Xin Hu, Lei Dong, Qiang Dong, Motoko Mukai, Bing-Bing Chen, Denise R. Holsberger, Chantal M. Sottas, Paul S. Cooke, Qing-Quan Lian, Xiao-Kun Li, and Renshan Ge
Integrating quality postnatal care into PMTCT in Swaziland, Goldy Mazia, I. Narayanan, Charlotte E. Warren, Mohammed Mahdi, P. Chibuye, A. Walligo, P. Mabuza, Rachel Shongwe, and M. Hainsworth
Integration of services: Making integrated services a reality, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Intimate partner violence functions as both a risk marker and risk factor for women's HIV infection: Findings from Indian husband-wife dyads, Michele R. Decker, George R. Seage, David Hemenway, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Balaiah Donta, and Jay G. Silverman
Introduction and scaling-up of emergency contraception: Lessons learned from three regions, Araceli Fernández-Cerden, Ricardo Vernon, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Jill Keesbury, and M.E. Khan
In utero and lactational exposures to diethylhexyl-phthalate affect two populations of Leydig cells in male Long-Evans rats, Han Lin, Qing-Quan Lian, Guo-Xin Hu, Yuan Jin, Yunhui Zhang, Dianne O. Hardy, Guo-Rong Chen, Zhong-Qiu Lu, Chantal M. Sottas, Matthew P. Hardy, and Renshan Ge
Kenyan in-school youths' level of understanding of abstinence, being faithful, and consistent condom use terms: Implications for HIV-prevention programs, Tiffany Lillie, Julie Pulerwitz, and Barbara Curbow
Kenya's fertility transition: Trends, determinants and implications for policy and programmes, Ian Askew, Alex C. Ezeh, John Bongaarts, and John Townsend
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health policy and guidelines for integrated ante and postnatal care at district hospital community health centre and clinic level, Population Council
Leydig cells: From stem cells to aging, Haolin Chen, Renshan Ge, and Barry R. Zirkin
Mainstreaming EC in Africa: The EC facilitative re-granting program—Final narrative report, Jill Keesbury, Wilson Liambila, Youmane Niang Faye, and Victoria Rumbold
Mainstreaming emergency contraception in Kenya: Final project report, Jill Keesbury, Wilson Liambila, Francis Obare, and Paul Kuria
Manual for designing community based interventions for preventing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) using misoprostol: Standardized pilot-test training manual, Saumya RamaRao, Tekle-Ab Mekbib, and Sarah Raifman
Many vaginal microbicide trial participants acknowledged they had misreported sensitive sexual behavior in face-to-face interviews, Abigail Norris Turner, Alana de Kock, Amy Meehan-Ritter, Kelly Blanchard, Mohlatlego H. Sebola, Anwar Hoosen, Nicol Coetzee, and Charlotte Ellertson
Maximizing utilization of research, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Medical response to male same-sex sexuality in western India: An exploration of 'conversion treatments' for homosexuality, Ketki Ranade
Men who have sex with men and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, Adrian D. Smith, Placide Tapsoba, Norbert Peshu, Eduard J. Sanders, and Harold W. Jaffe
Meta-analysis of 200 or 600 mg mifepristone in association with two prostaglandins for termination of early pregnancy, Michel Lièvre and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Methods for female contraception: A model for innovation in drug delivery systems, Ruth Merkatz, Barbara A. Tokay, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Migration, mobility and sexual risk behavior in Mumbai, India: Mobile men with non-residential wife show increased risk, Niranjan Saggurti, Stephen L. Schensul, and Ravi K. Verma
Mitogen-activated protein kinases in male reproductive function, Michelle W.M. Li, Dolores D. Mruk, and C. Yan Cheng
Mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) regulates glucocorticoid metabolism through 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 in murine gonadotrope cells, Dun Hong, Xing-Wang Li, Qing-Quan Lian, Pankaj Lamba, Daniel J. Bernard, Dianne O. Hardy, Hai-Xiao Chen, and Renshan Ge
Multilevel perspectives on community intervention: An example from an Indo-US HIV prevention project in Mumbai, India, Stephen L. Schensul, Niranjan Saggurti, Rajendra Singh, Ravi K. Verma, Bonnie K. Nastasi, and Papiya Guha Mazumder
Multi-sectoral approaches to preventing sexual assault and domestic violence: A collective force to stop the violence, Population Council
Nitric oxide and cyclic nucleotides: Their roles in junction dynamics and spermatogenesis, Nikki P.Y. Lee and C. Yan Cheng
Normal responses to restraint stress in mice lacking the gene for neuronal nitric oxide synthase, Ben-Avi Weissman, Chantal M. Sottas, Michael Holmes, Ping Zhou, Costantino Iadecola, Dianne O. Hardy, Renshan Ge, and Matthew P. Hardy
Novel non-oral hormonal contraceptive methods for women, Anita Nath and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Nurse auxiliaries as providers of intrauterine devices for contraception in Guatemala and Honduras, Ricardo Vernon
Operational research for the introduction of an adolescent health package in the context of cervical cancer prevention, Marieke G. van Dijk, Katherine Wilson, Claudia Diaz, and Sandra G. Garcia
Parenteral administration of progestins for hormonal replacement therapy, Anita Nath and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Peptidergic not monoaminergic fibers profusely innervate the young adult human testis, Yong-Guang Gong, Ming-Ming Feng, Xiang-Nong Hu, Yi-Qiu Wang, Min Gu, Wei Zhang, and Renshan Ge
Pharmacology and clinical applications of selective estrogen receptor modulators, Anita Nath and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Phthalate-induced testicular dysgenesis syndrome: Leydig cell influence, Guo-Xin Hu, Qing-Quan Lian, Renshan Ge, Dianne O. Hardy, and Xiao-Kun Li
Phthalate levels and low birth weight: A nested case-control study of Chinese newborns, Yunhui Zhang, Ling Lin, Yang Cao, Bingheng Chen, Lixing Zheng, and Renshan Ge
Pilot community-based intervention to address the needs of elderly caregivers in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Priscilla Reddy, Shegs James, H. Mutumba Bilay-Boon, Eka Esu-Williams, and Hena Khan
Polarity proteins and cell–cell interactions in the testis, Elissa W.P. Wong and C. Yan Cheng
Population policies, programmes and the environment, J. Joseph Speidel, Deborah Weiss, Sally A. Ethelston, and Sarah M. Gilbert
Premarital sexual behaviour among unmarried college students of Gujarat, India, Rachna Sujay
Prevalence of child marriage and its effect on fertility and fertility-control outcomes of young women in India: A cross-sectional, observational study, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Donta Balaiah, and Jay G. Silverman
Preventive service needs of young people perinatally infected with HIV in Uganda, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare Onyango, John Frank Mugisha, Humphres Evelia, and Juliana K. Nyombi
RAB13 participates in ectoplasmic specialization dynamics in the rat testis, Dolores D. Mruk and Ann S.N. Lau
Rates of serious infection after changes in regimens for medical abortion, Mary Fjerstad, James Trussell, Irving Sivin, E. Steve Lichtenberg, and Vanessa Cullins
Recent research on sexuality in East Africa, Harriet Birungi, Chi-Chi Undie, and Peter Aggleton
Reference Guides for Health Care Organizations Seeking Accreditation for High-quality, Gender-sensitive Reproductive Health Services, Patricia Riveros, Erica Palenque, Ricardo Vernon, Ignacio Carreno, and John H. Bratt
Reference Guides for Health Care Organizations Seeking Accreditation for High-quality, Gender-sensitive Reproductive Health Services—Appendixes, Patricia Riveros, Erica Palenque, Ricardo Vernon, Ignacio Carreno, and John H. Bratt
Regulation of blood-testis barrier dynamics by focal adhesion kinase (FAK): An unexpected turn of events, C. Yan Cheng and Dolores D. Mruk
Revitalizing family planning: Lessons learned on strengthening contraceptive provision, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Safety and availability of dapivirine (TMC120) delivered from an intravaginal ring, Joseph W. Romano, Bruce Variano, P. Coplan, J. Van Roey, K. Douville, Zeda Rosenberg, Marleen Temmerman, H. Verstraelen, L. Van Bortel, S. Weyers, and M. Mitchnick
Sexual behavior and desires among adolescents perinatally infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Uganda: Implications for programming, Harriet Birungi, John Frank Mugisha, Francis Obare Onyango, and Juliana K. Nyombi
Sexual risk reduction among married women and men in urban India: An anthropological intervention, Stephen L. Schensul, Ravi K. Verma, Bonnie K. Nastasi, Niranjan Saggurti, and Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada
Sexual violence: Setting the research agenda for Kenya, Catherine Maternowska, Jill Keesbury, and Nduku Kilonzo
Social context, sexual risk perceptions and stigma: HIV vulnerability among male sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya, Jerry Okal, Stanley Luchters, Scott Geibel, Matthew F. Chersich, Daniel Lango, and Marleen Temmerman
Special needs of in-school HIV positive young people in Uganda, Francis Obare, Harriet Birungi, Anne Katahoire, Hannington Nkayivu, and Aggrey David Kibenge
Standards required in maintaining the chain of evidence in the context of post rape care services: Findings of a study conducted in Kenya, Carol Ajema, Emily Rogena, Hadley Muchela, Buluma Bwire, and Nduku Kilonzo
STI prevalence and associated factors among urban men in Pakistan, Ali M. Mir, Abdul Wajid, Laura Reichenbach, and Mumraiz Khan
Technical assistance to the Uganda AIDS Commission for operationallisation of the performance monitoring and management plan, Frederick Makumbi, Roy Mayega, David Kisitu, Juliet Sekandi, Denis A. Bwesigye, Robert Miller, and Sam Kalibala
Testicular cell junction: A novel target for male contraception, Nikki P.Y. Lee, Elissa W.P. Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, and C. Yan Cheng
TGF-β3 and TNFα perturb blood-testis barrier (BTB) dynamics by accelerating the clathrin-mediated endocytosis of integral membrane proteins: A new concept of BTB regulation during spermatogenesis, Weiliang Xia, Elissa W.P. Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, and C. Yan Cheng