Issue 1/2018
Content (124 Articles)
Functional role of AKT signaling in bovine early embryonic development: potential link to embryotrophic actions of follistatin
- Open Access
- Research
Mohamed Ashry, Sandeep K. Rajput, Joseph K. Folger, Jason G. Knott, Nabil A. Hemeida, Omaima M. Kandil, Refaat S. Ragab, George W. Smith
Physiological, mitochondrial, and oxidative stress differences in the presence or absence of lactation in rats
- Open Access
- Research
Hayden W. Hyatt, Yufeng Zhang, Wendy R. Hood, Andreas N. Kavazis
Smoke, alcohol and drug addiction and male fertility
- Open Access
- Review
Andrea Sansone, Carla Di Dato, Cristina de Angelis, Davide Menafra, Carlotta Pozza, Rosario Pivonello, Andrea Isidori, Daniele Gianfrilli
Integration analysis of microRNA and mRNA paired expression profiling identifies deregulated microRNA-transcription factor-gene regulatory networks in ovarian endometriosis
- Open Access
- Research
Luyang Zhao, Chenglei Gu, Mingxia Ye, Zhe Zhang, Li’an Li, Wensheng Fan, Yuanguang Meng
Role of L-carnitine in female infertility
- Open Access
- Review
Ashok Agarwal, Pallav Sengupta, Damayanthi Durairajanayagam
Degree of mosaicism in trophectoderm does not predict pregnancy potential: a corrected analysis of pregnancy outcomes following transfer of mosaic embryos
- Open Access
- Research
Vitaly A. Kushnir, Sarah K. Darmon, David H. Barad, Norbert Gleicher
Navigation problems of ICSI or naive blastocyst can be solved with artificial blastocyst
- Open Access
- Hypothesis
Onder Celik, Mustafa Acet, Haldun Arpaci, Levent Dikbas, Aytac Imren, Bulent Duran, Nilufer Celik, Sudenaz Celik, Cihat Unlu, Ibrahim Sahin, Suleyman Aydin
Expression of cystatin C in the female reproductive tract and its effect on human sperm capacitation
- Open Access
- Research
Robert Kuo-Kuang Lee, Huan-Chin Tseng, Yuh-Ming Hwu, Chi-Chen Fan, Ming-Huei Lin, Jhih-Jie Yu, Ling-Yu Yeh, Sheng-Hsiang Li
Suppressive regulatory T cells and latent transforming growth factor-β-expressing macrophages are altered in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis
- Open Access
- Research
Tetsuro Hanada, Shunichiro Tsuji, Misako Nakayama, Shiro Wakinoue, Kyoko Kasahara, Fuminori Kimura, Takahide Mori, Kazumasa Ogasawara, Takashi Murakami
Live birth after Laser Assisted Viability Assessment (LAVA) to detect pentoxifylline resistant ejaculated immotile spermatozoa during ICSI in a couple with male Kartagener’s syndrome
- Open Access
- Short communication
Sinan Ozkavukcu, Ciler Celik-Ozenci, Esma Konuk, Cem Atabekoglu
Maternal physical activity before IVF/ICSI cycles improves clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Meng Rao, Zhengyan Zeng, Li Tang
Uterine Foxl2 regulates the adherence of the Trophectoderm cells to the endometrial epithelium
- Open Access
- Research
Michal Elbaz, Ron Hadas, Louise M. Bilezikjian, Eran Gershon
Whether vitamin D was associated with clinical outcome after IVF/ICSI: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Jing Zhao, Xi Huang, Bin Xu, Yi Yan, Qiong Zhang, Yanping Li
Genetics of the human Y chromosome and its association with male infertility
- Open Access
- Review
Stacy Colaco, Deepak Modi
Lactate promotes specific differentiation in bovine granulosa cells depending on lactate uptake thus mimicking an early post-LH stage
- Open Access
- Research
Anja Baufeld, Jens Vanselow
Proteomic profile of human spermatozoa in healthy and asthenozoospermic individuals
- Open Access
- Review
Xiaodan Cao, Yun Cui, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jiangtao Lou, Jun Zhou, Huafeng Bei, Renxiong Wei
Modulatory effects of trophoblast-secreted CXCL12 on the migration and invasion of human first-trimester decidual epithelial cells are mediated by CXCR4 rather than CXCR7
- Open Access
- Research
Jiayi Zheng, Haiping Wang, Wenhui Zhou
An extremely patient-friendly and efficient stimulation protocol for assisted reproductive technology in normal and high responders
- Open Access
- Research
Chen-Yu Huang, Guan-Yeu Chen, Miawh-Lirng Shieh, Hsin-Yang Li
Effect of exposure to CeO2 nanoparticles on ram spermatozoa during storage at 4 °C for 96 hours
- Open Access
- Research
Laura Falchi, Grazia Galleri, Gian Mario Dore, Maria Teresa Zedda, Salvatore Pau, Luisa Bogliolo, Federica Ariu, Alessandra Pinna, Stefano Nieddu, Plinio Innocenzi, Sergio Ledda
Individualized controlled ovarian stimulation in expected poor-responders: an update
- Open Access
- Review
Thor Haahr, Sandro C. Esteves, Peter Humaidan
Short-term culture of adult bovine ovarian tissues: chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) vs. traditional in vitro culture systems
- Open Access
- Research
Kylie Beck, Jaswant Singh, Mohammad Arshud Dar, Muhammad Anzar
Obesity as disruptor of the female fertility
- Open Access
- Review
Erica Silvestris, Giovanni de Pergola, Raffaele Rosania, Giuseppe Loverro
Analysis of human sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) related factors: a report of 1010 subfertile men in China
- Open Access
- Research
Jin-Chun Lu, Jun Jing, Li Chen, Yi-Feng Ge, Rui-Xiang Feng, Yuan-Jiao Liang, Bing Yao
Trophoblast differentiation, invasion and hormone secretion in a three-dimensional in vitro implantation model with rhesus monkey embryos
- Open Access
- Research
T. Arthur Chang, Gennadiy I. Bondarenko, Behzad Gerami-Naini, Jessica G. Drenzek, Maureen Durning, Mark A. Garthwaite, Jenna Kropp Schmidt, Thaddeus G. Golos
Regulation by FSH of the dynamic expression of retinol-binding protein 4 in the mouse ovary
- Open Access
- Research
Yanwen Jiang, Yun Zhao, Shuxiong Chen, Lu Chen, Chunjin Li, Xu Zhou
The in vitro modulation of steroidogenesis by inflammatory cytokines and insulin in TM3 Leydig cells
- Open Access
- Research
Kristian Leisegang, Ralf Henkel
Effectiveness of Omega-3 fatty acid for polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Kailin Yang, Liuting Zeng, Tingting Bao, Jinwen Ge
Excessive nerve growth factor impairs bidirectional communication between the oocyte and cumulus cells resulting in reduced oocyte competence
- Open Access
- Research
Yiwen Zhai, Guidong Yao, Faiza Rao, Yong Wang, Xiaoyuan Song, Fei Sun
Pretreatment with coenzyme Q10 improves ovarian response and embryo quality in low-prognosis young women with decreased ovarian reserve: a randomized controlled trial
- Open Access
- Research
Yangying Xu, Victoria Nisenblat, Cuiling Lu, Rong Li, Jie Qiao, Xiumei Zhen, Shuyu Wang
Is Afamin a novel biomarker for gestational diabetes mellitus? A pilot study
- Open Access
- Research
Angela Köninger, Annette Mathan, Pawel Mach, Mirjam Frank, Boerge Schmidt, Ekkehard Schleussner, Rainer Kimmig, Alexandra Gellhaus, Hans Dieplinger
Circulating osteopontin and its association with liver fat content in non-obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a case control study
- Open Access
- Research
Yuying Wang, Wei Zhou, Chunhua Wu, Yi Zhang, Tzuchun Lin, Yun Sun, Wei Liu, Tao Tao
Efficacy, safety and recurrence of new progestins and selective progesterone receptor modulator for the treatment of endometriosis: a comparison study in mice
- Open Access
- Research
Bo Liang, Ling Wu, Hui Xu, Chun Wai Cheung, Wen Ying Fung, Sze Wai Wong, Chi Chiu Wang
In vitro maturation of oocytes from excised ovarian tissue in a patient with autoimmune ovarian insufficiency possibly associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection
- Open Access
- Short communication
Irma Virant-Klun, Andrej Vogler
The monocyte counts to HDL cholesterol ratio in obese and lean patients with polycystic ovary syndrome
- Open Access
- Research
Akin Usta, Eyup Avci, Cagla Bahar Bulbul, Hasan Kadi, Ertan Adali
Allopregnanolone alters follicular and luteal dynamics during the estrous cycle
- Open Access
- Research
Joana Antonela Asensio, Antonella Rosario Ramona Cáceres, Laura Tatiana Pelegrina, María de los Ángeles Sanhueza, Leopoldina Scotti, Fernanda Parborell, Myriam Raquel Laconi
Pregnancy outcomes of PCOS overweight/obese patients after controlled ovarian stimulation with the GnRH antagonist protocol and frozen embryo transfer
- Open Access
- Research
Rui Chen, Shiping Chen, Manting Liu, Hua He, Haiyan Xu, Hanyan Liu, Hongzi Du, Weihua Wang, Xuefeng Xia, Jianqiao Liu
GnRH dysregulation in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a manifestation of an altered neurotransmitter profile
- Open Access
- Research
Nirja Chaudhari, Mitali Dawalbhakta, Laxmipriya Nampoothiri
Apa-I polymorphism in VDR gene is related to metabolic syndrome in polycystic ovary syndrome: a cross-sectional study
- Open Access
- Research
Betânia Rodrigues Santos, Sheila Bunecker Lecke, Poli Mara Spritzer
Parental genetic material and oxygen concentration affect hatch dynamics of mouse embryo in vitro
- Open Access
- Research
Shaoquan Zhan, Shanbo Cao, Hongzi Du, Yuan Sun, Li Li, Chenhui Ding, Haiyan Zheng, Junjiu Huang
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) effects on proliferation and steroidogenesis of bovine granulosa cells
- Open Access
- Research
Virginie Maillard, Alice Desmarchais, Maeva Durcin, Svetlana Uzbekova, Sebastien Elis
The enigmatic seminal plasma: a proteomics insight from ejaculation to fertilization
- Open Access
- Review
Luna Samanta, Rajeshwari Parida, Tania R. Dias, Ashok Agarwal
Endometrium metabolomic profiling reveals potential biomarkers for diagnosis of endometriosis at minimal-mild stages
- Open Access
- Research
Jingjie Li, Lihuan Guan, Huizhen Zhang, Yue Gao, Jiahong Sun, Xiao Gong, Dongshun Li, Pan Chen, Xiaoyan Liang, Min Huang, Huichang Bi
Prostaglandin E2 involvement in mammalian female fertility: ovulation, fertilization, embryo development and early implantation
- Open Access
- Review
Jean Damascene Niringiyumukiza, Hongcai Cai, Wenpei Xiang
The ovarian estrogen synthesis function was impaired in Y123F mouse and partly restored by exogenous FSH supplement
- Open Access
- Research
Xiaoyu Tu, Miao Liu, Jianan Tang, Yu Zhang, Yan Shi, Lin Yu, Zhaogui Sun
Role of hormonal and inflammatory alterations in obesity-related reproductive dysfunction at the level of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis
- Open Access
- Review
Michelle Goldsammler, Zaher Merhi, Erkan Buyuk
MicroRNA 21a-5p overexpression impacts mediators of extracellular matrix formation in uterine leiomyoma
- Open Access
- Research
Eden R. Cardozo, Rosemary Foster, Anatte E. Karmon, Amy E. Lee, Leah W. Gatune, Bo R. Rueda, Aaron K. Styer
The preclinical evaluation of immunocontraceptive vaccines based on canine zona pellucida 3 (cZP3) in a mouse model
- Open Access
- Research
Ying Wang, Yijie Li, Beibei Zhang, Fuchun Zhang
Effects of pelvic endometriosis and adenomyosis on ciliary beat frequency and muscular contractions in the human fallopian tube
- Open Access
- Research
Wei Xia, Duo Zhang, Jing Ouyang, Yan Liang, Huiyu Zhang, Zhen Huang, Guiling Liang, Qian Zhu, Xiaoming Guan, Jian Zhang
Associations of sperm DNA fragmentation with lifestyle factors and semen parameters of Saudi men and its impact on ICSI outcome
- Open Access
- Research
Basmah Al Omrani, Nadia Al Eisa, Murid Javed, Maher Al Ghedan, Hamoud Al Matrafi, Hamad Al Sufyan
Deficiency of Gpr1 improves steroid hormone abnormality in hyperandrogenized mice
- Open Access
- Research
Ya-Li Yang, Li-Feng Sun, Yan Yu, Tian-Xia Xiao, Bao-Bei Wang, Pei-Gen Ren, Hui-Ru Tang, Jian V. Zhang
Identification and characterization of microRNAs in the pituitary of pubescent goats
- Open Access
- Research
Jing Ye, Zhiqiu Yao, Wenyu Si, Xiaoxiao Gao, Chen Yang, Ya Liu, Jianping Ding, Weiping Huang, Fugui Fang, Jie Zhou
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) promotes retinol uptake and metabolism in the mouse ovary
- Open Access
- Short communication
Zhuo Liu, Yongfeng Sun, Yanwen Jiang, Yuqiang Qian, Shuxiong Chen, Shan Gao, Lu Chen, Chunjin Li, Xu Zhou
Progestin-primed milder stimulation with clomiphene citrate yields fewer oocytes and suboptimal pregnancy outcomes compared with the standard progestin-primed ovarian stimulation in infertile women with polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Open Access
- Research
Hongjuan Ye, Hui Tian, Wen He, Qifeng Lyu, Yanping Kuang, Qiuju Chen, Lihua Sun
The VEGF and PEDF levels in the follicular fluid of patients co- treated with LETROZOLE and gonadotropins during the stimulation cycle
- Open Access
- Research
Jigal Haas, Rawad Bassil, Noa Gonen, Jim Meriano, Andrea Jurisicova, Robert F. Casper
Exogenous leptin affects sperm parameters and impairs blood testis barrier integrity in adult male mice
- Open Access
- Research
Xiaotong Wang, Xiaoke Zhang, Lian Hu, Honggang Li
The thermo-sensitive gene expression signatures of spermatogenesis
- Open Access
- Research
Santosh K. Yadav, Aastha Pandey, Lokesh Kumar, Archana Devi, Bhavana Kushwaha, Rahul Vishvkarma, Jagdamba P. Maikhuri, Singh Rajender, Gopal Gupta
Comparison of the enzymatic efficiency of Liberase TM and tumor dissociation enzyme: effect on the viability of cells digested from fresh and cryopreserved human ovarian cortex
- Open Access
- Research
Viola Maria Schmidt, Vladimir Isachenko, Gunter Rappl, Gohar Rahimi, Bettina Hanstein, Bernd Morgenstern, Peter Mallmann, Evgenia Isachenko
PAPP-A2 deficiency does not exacerbate the phenotype of a mouse model of intrauterine growth restriction
- Open Access
- Research
Julian K. Christians, Kendra I. Lennie, Maria F. Huicochea Munoz, Nimrat Binning
Effects of Levonorgestrel and progesterone on Oviductal physiology in mammals
- Open Access
- Research
Cheng Li, Hui-Yu Zhang, Yan Liang, Wei Xia, Qian Zhu, Duo Zhang, Zhen Huang, Gui-Lin Liang, Rui-Hong Xue, Hang Qi, Xiao-Qing He, Jiang-Jing Yuan, Ya-Jing Tan, He-Feng Huang, Jian Zhang
Decreased MUC1 in endometrium is an independent receptivity marker in recurrent implantation failure during implantation window
- Open Access
- Research
Fangrong Wu, Xiaoyan Chen, Yingyu Liu, Bo Liang, Hui Xu, Tin Chiu Li, Chi Chiu Wang
Sugar-sweetened beverage intake and serum testosterone levels in adult males 20–39 years old in the United States
- Open Access
- Research
Liang Chen, Yu-Mei Xie, Jian-Hao Pei, Jian Kuang, Hong-Mei Chen, Zhong Chen, Zhong-Wen Li, Xiao-Ying Fu, Long Wang, Shui-Qing Lai, Shu-Ting Zhang, Zhi-Jiang Chen, Jin-xin Lin
Melatonin inhibits 17β-estradiol-induced migration, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in normal and endometriotic endometrial epithelial cells
- Open Access
- Research
Shasha Qi, Lei Yan, Zhao Liu, Yu-lan Mu, Mingjiang Li, Xingbo Zhao, Zi-Jiang Chen, Hui Zhang
ART manipulation after controlled ovarian stimulation may not increase the risk of abnormal expression and DNA methylation at some CpG sites of H19,IGF2 and SNRPN in foetuses: a pilot study
- Open Access
- Research
Menglu Ji, Xingling Wang, Wenbin Wu, Yichun Guan, Jing Liu, Jingyan Wang, Wenxia Liu, Chunyan Shen
Reproductive outcomes in women with unicornuate uterus undergoing in vitro fertilization: a nested case-control retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research
Yanrong Chen, Victoria Nisenblat, Puyu Yang, Xinyu Zhang, Caihong Ma
FMR1 expression in human granulosa cells increases with exon 1 CGG repeat length depending on ovarian reserve
- Open Access
- Research
Julia Rehnitz, Diego D. Alcoba, Ilma S. Brum, Jens E. Dietrich, Berthe Youness, Katrin Hinderhofer, Birgitta Messmer, Alexander Freis, Thomas Strowitzki, Ariane Germeyer
Age-related morphometrical peculiarities of Lithuanian women’s primordial ovarian follicles
- Open Access
- Research
Kristina Lasiene, Donatas Gasiliunas, Nomeda Juodziukyniene, Aleksandras Vitkus
The dynamic changes in the number of uterine natural killer cells are specific to the eutopic but not to the ectopic endometrium in women and in a baboon model of endometriosis
- Open Access
- Research
Josephine A. Drury, Kirstin L. Parkin, Lucy Coyne, Emma Giuliani, Asgerally T. Fazleabas, Dharani K. Hapangama
Probabilistic cost-effectiveness analysis of controlled ovarian stimulation with recombinant FSH plus recombinant LH vs. human menopausal gonadotropin for women undergoing IVF
- Open Access
- Research
F. S. Mennini, A. Marcellusi, R. Viti, C. Bini, A. Carosso, A. Revelli, C. Benedetto
Is there a correlation between follicle size and gene expression in cumulus cells and is gene expression an indicator of embryo development?
- Open Access
- Research
Semra Kahraman, Caroline Pirkevi Çetinkaya, Murat Çetinkaya, Mehmet Ali Tüfekçi, Cumhur Gökhan Ekmekçi, Markus Montag
Elective egg freezing and its underlying socio-demography: a binational analysis with global implications
- Open Access
- Research
M. C. Inhorn, D. Birenbaum-Carmeli, J. Birger, L. M. Westphal, J. Doyle, N. Gleicher, D. Meirow, M. Dirnfeld, D. Seidman, A. Kahane, P. Patrizio
In vivo antral follicle wall biopsy: a new research technique to study ovarian function at the cellular and molecular levels
- Open Access
- Methodology
G. M. Ishak, S. T. Bashir, G. A. Dutra, G. D. A. Gastal, M. O. Gastal, C. A. Cavinder, J. M. Feugang, E. L. Gastal
Three-dimensional evaluation of murine ovarian follicles using a modified CUBIC tissue clearing method
- Open Access
- Research
Kyosuke Kagami, Yohei Shinmyo, Masanori Ono, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Hiroshi Fujiwara
Construction and analysis of a lncRNA (PWRN2)-mediated ceRNA network reveal its potential roles in oocyte nuclear maturation of patients with PCOS
- Open Access
- Research
Xin Huang, Jiaping Pan, Bi Wu, Xiaoming Teng
Influencing factors of pregnancy loss and survival probability of clinical pregnancies conceived through assisted reproductive technology
- Open Access
- Research
Lingmin Hu, Jiangbo Du, Hong Lv, Jing Zhao, Mengxi Chen, Yifeng Wang, Fang Wu, Feng Liu, Xiaojiao Chen, Junqiang Zhang, Hongxia Ma, Guangfu Jin, Hongbing Shen, Li Chen, Xiufeng Ling, Zhibin Hu
Morning blood pressure surge and its relation to insulin resistance in patients of reproductive age with polycystic ovary syndrome
- Open Access
- Research
Hasan Kadi, Eyup Avci, Akin Usta, Abdullah Orhan Demirtaş
Structure of preantral follicles, oxidative status and developmental competence of in vitro matured oocytes after ovary storage at 4 °C in the domestic cat model
- Open Access
- Research
Anna Rita Piras, Giovanni Pietro Burrai, Federica Ariu, Laura Falchi, Maria Teresa Zedda, Salvatore Pau, Sergio Domenico Gadau, Elisabetta Antuofermo, Daniela Bebbere, Sergio Ledda, Luisa Bogliolo
Using appropriate pre-pregnancy body mass index cut points for obesity in the Chinese population: a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research
Yanxin Wu, Wai-Kit Ming, Dongyu Wang, Haitian Chen, Zhuyu Li, Zilian Wang
Altered miRNA profile in testis of post-cryptorchidopexy patients with non-obstructive azoospermia
- Open Access
- Research
Dongdong Tang, Zhenyu Huang, Xiaojin He, Huan Wu, Dangwei Peng, Li Zhang, Xiansheng Zhang
Peroxiredoxin I maintains luteal function by regulating unfolded protein response
- Open Access
- Research
Hyo-Jin Park, Dong Gil Lee, Jung Bae Seong, Hyun-Shik Lee, Oh-Shin Kwon, Beom Sik Kang, Jeen-woo Park, Sang-Rae Lee, Dong-Seok Lee
A novel and compact review on the role of oxidative stress in female reproduction
- Open Access
- Review
Jiayin Lu, Zixu Wang, Jing Cao, Yaoxing Chen, Yulan Dong
Human sperm acrosome function assays are predictive of fertilization rate in vitro: a retrospective cohort study and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Fang Xu, Ganggang Guo, Wenbing Zhu, Liqing Fan
Associations between the maternal circulating lipid profile in pregnancy and fetal imprinted gene alleles: a cohort study
- Open Access
- Research
Clive J. Petry, Albert Koulman, Liangjian Lu, Benjamin Jenkins, Samuel Furse, Philippa Prentice, Lee Matthews, Ieuan A. Hughes, Carlo L. Acerini, Ken K. Ong, David B. Dunger
The relationship between gonadotropin releasing hormone and ovulation inducing factor/nerve growth factor receptors in the hypothalamus of the llama
- Open Access
- Research
Rodrigo A. Carrasco, Jaswant Singh, Gregg P. Adams
Dysregulated erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular receptor A2 (EphA2) is involved in tubal pregnancy via regulating cell adhesion of the Fallopian tube epithelial cells
- Open Access
- Research
Huan Jiang, Xiao-Yi Yang, Wei-Jie Zhu
Alleviation of endoplasmic reticulum stress protects against cisplatin-induced ovarian damage
- Open Access
- Research
Yuping Wu, Congshun Ma, Huihui Zhao, Yuxia Zhou, Zhenguo Chen, Liping Wang
Pharmacological sympathetic denervation prevents the development of polycystic ovarian syndrome in rats injected with estradiol valerate
- Open Access
- Research
Julieta A. Espinoza, Wendy Alvarado, Berenice Venegas, Roberto Domínguez, Leticia Morales-Ledesma
Reactive oxygen species and male reproductive hormones
- Open Access
- Review
Mahsa Darbandi, Sara Darbandi, Ashok Agarwal, Pallav Sengupta, Damayanthi Durairajanayagam, Ralf Henkel, Mohammad Reza Sadeghi
Escherichia coli recombinant sperm immobilizing factor RecX as a potential vaginal contraceptive
- Open Access
- Research
Monika Answal, Vijay Prabha
Mild ovarian stimulation with letrozole plus fixed dose human menopausal gonadotropin prior to IVF/ICSI for infertile non-obese women with polycystic ovarian syndrome being pre-treated with metformin: a pilot study
- Open Access
- Research
Giuseppe D’Amato, Anna Maria Caringella, Antonio Stanziano, Clementina Cantatore, Simone Palini, Ettore Caroppo
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) supplementation improves in vitro fertilization outcomes of poor ovarian responders, especially in women with low serum concentration of DHEA-S: a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research
Chyi-Uei Chern, Kuan-Hao Tsui, Salvatore Giovanni Vitale, San-Nung Chen, Peng-Hui Wang, Antonio Cianci, Hsiao-Wen Tsai, Zhi-Hong Wen, Li-Te Lin
Spermatogenesis improved by suppressing the high level of endogenous gonadotropins in idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia: a case control pilot study
- Open Access
- Research
Xuechun Hu, Zheng Ding, Zhiwei Hong, Zhichuan Zou, Yuming Feng, Ruilou Zhu, Jinzhao Ma, Xie Ge, Chaojun Li, Bing Yao
Effect of levothyroxine supplementation on pregnancy outcomes in women with subclinical hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmuneity undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Open Access
- Research
Meng Rao, Zhengyan Zeng, Shuhua Zhao, Li Tang
Cytokines in relation to hCG are significantly altered in asymptomatic women with miscarriage – a pilot study
- Open Access
- Research
Alexander Freis, Janina Schlegel, Volker Daniel, Julia Jauckus, Thomas Strowitzki, Ariane Germeyer
The effects of vitamin D supplementation on metabolic profiles and gene expression of insulin and lipid metabolism in infertile polycystic ovary syndrome candidates for in vitro fertilization
- Open Access
- Research
Majid Dastorani, Esmat Aghadavod, Naghmeh Mirhosseini, Fatemeh Foroozanfard, Shahrzad Zadeh Modarres, Mehrnush Amiri Siavashani, Zatollah Asemi
Gestational hormone trajectories and early pregnancy failure: a reassessment
- Open Access
- Research
Paul G Whittaker, Courtney A Schreiber, Mary D Sammel
Identification of mRNAs related to endometrium function regulated by lncRNA CD36–005 in rat endometrial stromal cells
- Open Access
- Research
Xueying Zhang, Ying Xu, Lulu Fu, Dandan Li, Xiaowei Dai, Lianlian Liu, Jingshun Zhang, Lianwen Zheng, Manhua Cui
miR-34c disrupts spermatogonial stem cell homeostasis in cryptorchid testes by targeting Nanos2
- Open Access
- Research
Zhenyu Huang, Dongdong Tang, Jingjing Gao, Xianming Dou, Peng Cheng, Dangwei Peng, Yao Zhang, Jun Mao, Li Zhang, Xiansheng Zhang
Rosiglitazone ameliorates palmitic acid-induced cytotoxicity in TM4 Sertoli cells
- Open Access
- Research
Xie Ge, Peng Pan, Jun Jing, Xuechun Hu, Li Chen, Xuhua Qiu, Rujun Ma, Kadiliya Jueraitetibaike, Xuan Huang, Bing Yao
The effect of cinnamon on polycystic ovary syndrome in a mouse model
- Open Access
- Research
Lei Dou, Yahong Zheng, Lu Li, Xiaowei Gui, Yajuan Chen, Meng Yu, Yi Guo
Frequency of the T307A, N680S, and -29G>A single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor in Mexican subjects of Hispanic ancestry
- Open Access
- Research
Gabriela García-Jiménez, Teresa Zariñán, Rocío Rodríguez-Valentín, Nancy R. Mejía-Domínguez, Rubén Gutiérrez-Sagal, Georgina Hernández-Montes, Armando Tovar, Fabián Arechavaleta-Velasco, Patricia Canto, Julio Granados, Hortensia Moreno-Macias, Teresa Tusié-Luna, Antonio Pellicer, Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre
Shifting perspectives from “oncogenic” to oncofetal proteins; how these factors drive placental development
- Open Access
- Review
Rachel C. West, Gerrit J. Bouma, Quinton A. Winger
Acrosome reaction and chromatin integrity as additional parameters of semen analysis to predict fertilization and blastocyst rates
- Open Access
- Research
Pamela Tello-Mora, Leticia Hernández-Cadena, Jeimy Pedraza, Esther López-Bayghen, Betzabet Quintanilla-Vega
Decline in seminal quality in Indian men over the last 37 years
- Open Access
- Research
Priyanka Mishra, Mahendra Pal Singh Negi, Mukesh Srivastava, Kiran Singh, Singh Rajender
Association between the prevalence of hyperuricemia and reproductive hormones in polycystic ovary syndrome
- Open Access
- Research
Liangshan Mu, Jiexue Pan, Lili Yang, Qianqian Chen, Ya Chen, Yili Teng, Peiyu Wang, Rong Tang, Xuefeng Huang, Xia Chen, Haiyan Yang
Expression of transcriptional factor EB (TFEB) in differentiating spermatogonia potentially promotes cell migration in mouse seminiferous epithelium
- Open Access
- Research
Yue Liu, Yanqin Hu, Li Wang, Chen Xu
Protective effects of mangafodipir against chemotherapy-induced ovarian damage in mice
- Open Access
- Research
Ying Qin, Akira Iwase, Tomohiko Murase, Bayasula, Chiharu Ishida, Nao Kato, Tomoko Nakamura, Satoko Osuka, Sachiko Takikawa, Maki Goto, Tomomi Kotani, Fumitaka Kikkawa
Recurrent maternal virilization during pregnancy in patients with PCOS: two clinical cases
- Open Access
- Short communication
M. Deknuydt, A. Dumont, A. Bruyneel, D. Dewailly, S. Catteau-Jonard
Sport, doping and female fertility
- Open Access
- Review
Sandro La Vignera, Rosita A. Condorelli, Rossella Cannarella, Ylenia Duca, Aldo E. Calogero
Air pollution from natural and anthropic sources and male fertility
- Open Access
- Review
Joanna Jurewicz, Emila Dziewirska, Michał Radwan, Wojciech Hanke
Type 2 diabetes increases oocyte mtDNA mutations which are eliminated in the offspring by bottleneck effect
- Open Access
- Research
Li Li, Chang-Sheng Wu, Guan-Mei Hou, Ming-Zhe Dong, Zhen-Bo Wang, Yi Hou, Heide Schatten, Gui-Rong Zhang, Qing-Yuan Sun
Meta-analysis of ART outcomes in women with different preconception TSH levels
- Open Access
- Research
T. Zhao, B. M. Chen, X. M. Zhao, Z. Y. Shan
Radiations and female fertility
- Open Access
- Review
Roberto Marci, Maddalena Mallozzi, Luisa Di Benedetto, Mauro Schimberni, Stefano Mossa, Ilaria Soave, Stefano Palomba, Donatella Caserta
Lifestyle and fertility: the influence of stress and quality of life on female fertility
- Open Access
- Review
Stefano Palomba, Jessica Daolio, Sara Romeo, Francesco Antonino Battaglia, Roberto Marci, Giovanni Battista La Sala
Sport, doping and male fertility
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