Birth defects in wildlife: the role of environmental contaminants as inducers of reproductive and developmental dysfunction.

abstract：:The study of embryos with the tools and mindset of physics, started by Wilhelm His in the 1880s, has resumed after a hiatus of a century. The Embryo Physics Course convenes online allowing interested researchers and students, who are scattered around the world, to gather weekly in one place, the virtual world of Secon...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Gordon R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal obesity can cause complications for both women and their offspring for generations. Therefore, we intended to verify the repercussions of induction of transgenerational obesity on biochemical parameters, reproductive performance, and congenital anomaly frequency in Wistar rats. Female rats were used from succ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Soares TS,Andreolla AP,Miranda CA,Klöppel E,Rodrigues LS,Moraes-Souza RQ,Damasceno DC,Volpato GT,Campos KE

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify unreliable data in a dataset of motility parameters obtained from a pilot study acquired by a veterinarian with experience in boar semen handling, but without experience in the operation of a computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) system, a multivariate graphical and statistical analysis was perf...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Martínez LB,Crispín RH,Mendoza MM,Gallegos OH,Martínez AA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing specific biomarkers for the assessment of human male fertility status is an important goal to ensure the fitness of the male contribution so as to support the birth of a healthy child. Spermatozoa are considered an optimal surrogate tissue for the evaluation of spermatogenic function. Unlike the cells of ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Anton E,Krawetz SA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to compare the pregnancy and live birth rates of a natural cycle in vitro fertilization (IVF) combined with in vitro maturation (IVM) treatment (natural cycle IVF/M) by the presence or absence of mature oocytes retrieved. Infertile women were divided into two groups: (A) patients with ma...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Yang SH,Patrizio P,Yoon SH,Lim JH,Chian RC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to compare the expression patterns of tyrosine kinases and their ligand activators between matched myometrium and leiomyoma tissues. Total RNA extracted from 42 pairs of matched leiomyomal and adjacent myometrial tissues were hybridized to a set of 840 customized oligonucleotide microarrays to...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Jiang Y,Suo G,Sadarangani A,Cowan B,Wang JY

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of the anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) level for early pregnancy loss and to compare the significance of AMH level to age as prognostic factors of pregnancy loss in subfertile women. The outcome of 848 subfertile patients confirmed with intrauterine pregnancies b...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Hong S,Chang E,Han EJ,Min SG,Kim S,Kang MK,Cha DH,Shim SH,Park HJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogenesis is a highly sophisticated process involved in the transmission of genetic heritage. It includes halving ploidy, repackaging of the chromatin for transport, and the equipment of developing spermatids and eventually spermatozoa with the advanced apparatus (e.g., tightly packed mitochondrial sheat in the ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Chocu S,Calvel P,Rolland AD,Pineau C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major causes of defective sperm function is oxidative stress, which limits the fertilizing potential of these cells as the result of collateral damage to proteins and lipids in the sperm plasma membrane. On this point, a derangement of both generation and neutralization of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Signorini C,Moretti E,Collodel G

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients with recurrent implantation failure in IVF, histologic or transcriptomic testing of the endometrium during the mid-secretory phase is often considered. Histological dating of endometrial biopsies (Noyes criteria) can determine if endometrial morphology is consistent with the period of receptivity. Alterna...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Cohen AM,Ye XY,Colgan TJ,Greenblatt EM,Chan C

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproductive biology is considered a specialty field, however, an argument can be made that it is instead generally applicable to many fields of biology. The one-cell embryo is presented here as a model system for the study of eukaryotic DNA replication, apoptotic DNA degradation, and signaling mechanisms between the ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Ortega MA,Sil P,Ward WS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymoquinone (TQ) is a phytochemical compound found in the plant Nigella sativa. It has antioxidant and anti-cancer effects. This study investigated the effects of TQ on obesity and testicular structure of high-fat-diet (HFD) fed rats. Obese control (OC) and obese thymoquinone (OT) groups were fed a special diet conta...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Tüfek NH,Altunkaynak ME,Altunkaynak BZ,Kaplan S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short gamete co-incubation (SGCO) consists in decreasing the duration of contact between oocytes and sperm from the standard overnight insemination (SOI) toward 2 hours. However, the effectiveness of this technique to improve in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) outcomes remains controversial. Our study...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Le Bras A,Hesters L,Gallot V,Tallet C,Tachdjian G,Frydman N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both microdrop and open methods are commonly used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) protocols for embryo culture as well as oocyte insemination. However, few comparative studies evaluating the microdrop or open method of insemination on the fertilization outcome and subsequent embryo development have been performed. A ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Li Y,Li T,Mai Q,Long L,Ou J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicocele is currently the most common irregularity identified in males that is associated with impaired spermatogenesis. It primarily presents in the form of decreased sperm count and motility, abnormal morphology, and significantly increased sperm DNA fragmentation. Several studies have shown that surgical repair i...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Li F,Yamaguchi K,Okada K,Matsushita K,Ando M,Chiba K,Yue H,Fujisawa M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete deletions in the AZF (a, b, and c) sub-regions of the Y-chromosome have been shown to contribute to unexplained male infertility. However, the role of partial AZFc deletions in male infertility remains to be verified. Three types of partial AZFc deletions have been identified. They are gr/gr, b1/b3, and b2/b3...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Almeamar HA,Ramachandran V,Ismail P,Nadkarni P,Fawzi N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A very common conception about the function of the spermatozoon is that its unique role is to transmit the paternal genome to the next generation. Most of the sperm genome is known to be condensed in many species by protamines, which are small and extremely positively charged proteins (50-70% arginine) with the functi...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Barrachina F,Anastasiadi D,Jodar M,Castillo J,Estanyol JM,Piferrer F,Oliva R

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have earlier shown that cobalt chloride (CoCl2)-induced hypoxia and second messenger 8-bromoadenosine 3', 5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP) stimulates vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production in Leydig tumor cell derived MA-10 cells. Both stimuli follow common signal transduction pathways in...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Kumar A,Rani L,Dhole B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least in mammals, retinoic acid is a pivotal factor in maintaining the functionality of the testis, in particular, for the progression of germ cells from mitosis to meiosis. Removal of dietary vitamin A or a targeted deletion of retinoic acid receptor alpha gene (Rara), the receptor for retinoic acid, in mice, led ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Doyle TJ,Oudes AJ,Kim KH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial insemination has achieved a dynamic increase in genetic progress, and this is due to the improvement of sperm preservation technology. In recent years, a lot of attention has been paid to optimizing bull sperm storage environment and objectifying methods of sperm quality analysis. This review presents bull ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Kowalczyk A,Kuczaj M,Czerniawska-Piątkowska E

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During spermatogenesis, changes in sperm nuclear morphology are associated with the replacement of core somatic histones by protamines. Although protamines are the major nucleoproteins of mature sperm, not all species totally replace the histones. Histone H1, along with protamines, mediates chromatin condensation into...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Sánchez-Vázquez ML,Flores-Alonso JC,Merchant-Larios H,Reyes R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatozoa contain a complex population of RNAs including messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and small RNAs such as microRNAs (miRNA). It has been reported that these RNAs can be used to understand the mechanisms by which toxicological exposure affects spermatogenesis. The aim of our study was to compare mRNA and miRNA profiles ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Metzler-Guillemain C,Victorero G,Lepoivre C,Bergon A,Yammine M,Perrin J,Sari-Minodier I,Boulanger N,Rihet P,Nguyen C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this retrospective study the outcomes of two protocols of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and natural cycle in poor ovarian responders defined according to the Bologna criteria were compared to elucidate which approach is more suitable for the treatment of these patients. We comparatively analyzed 142 cycles of...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Stimpfel M,Vrtačnik-Bokal E,Pozlep B,Kmecl J,Virant-Klun I

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many species, extended semen can be stored at low temperatures to slow bacterial growth. However, boar semen performs poorly at temperatures below 15 °C and this poses unique challenges, as it is not easy to maintain a constant 15-19 °C during shipment. Some extenders have been formulated with egg yolk for storage ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Casas I,Miller-Lux Y,Osborne B,Bonet S,Althouse GC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of the early mammalian development is a prerequisite for the advancement of in vitro fertilization and improvement of derivation and culturing of embryonic stem cells. While, whole genome transcriptomic analysis on bovine blastocysts has identified genes active in early development, little informatio...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Jensen PL,Grøndahl ML,Beck HC,Petersen J,Stroebech L,Christensen ST,Yding Andersen C

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date we have yet to examine whether amino acid (AA) transport in human ovarian follicles is affected by competitive inhibition. In contrast, transplacental transfer of AAs in late-gestation sheep is characterized by reciprocal competition. This phenomenon has been described by algebraic equations of umbilical uptak...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Jóźwik M,Jóźwik M,Milewska AJ,Battaglia FC,Jóźwik M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ICSI procedure was invented to treat severe male infertility but is often used even if the sperm quality parameters are normal. This practice has recently been called into question, but there is still no clear answer especially in terms of sperm morphology, regarding when it is necessary to perform ICSI and when c...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Stimpfel M,Jancar N,Vrtacnik-Bokal E,Virant-Klun I

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of sperm DNA damage has been suggested as a negative predictor of fertility potential. Multiple pathological factors acting at both the intra-testicular and post-testicular levels may contribute to sperm DNA damage. The relative contribution of each of these factors in an individual with high DNA damage (>3...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Moskovtsev SI,Lecker I,Mullen JB,Jarvi K,Willis J,White J,Lo KC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FSH in infertile patients may be measured in the normal range and abnormal semen analysis findings may be observed in patients with normal FSH values. A recent study predicts that the sperm morphology and concentration may be impaired if the FSH value is above 4.5 IU/L. Therefore, this study aimed to define a clinical...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Ozkaya M,Oztekin U,Caniklioglu M,Ekmekcioglu O

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are variant rates of oocyte degeneration after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) among different patients. Oocyte degeneration after ICSI may reflect the cohort of oocyte quality and subsequent embryo development capacity and clinical outcome. This retrospective study analyzed 255 cycles with at least one ...

journal_title：Systems biology in reproductive medicine

authors： Liu L,Cai J,Li P,Jiang X,Ren J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00