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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Issue 1/2019

Content (113 Articles)

Profile of melatonin and its receptors and synthesizing enzymes in cumulus–oocyte complexes of the developing sheep antral follicle—a potential estradiol-mediated mechanism

Longfei Xiao, Junjie Hu, Liangli Song, Yong Zhang, Weitao Dong, Yuting Jiang, Quanwei Zhang, Ligang Yuan, Xingxu Zhao

Endometrial TGF-β, IL-10, IL-17 and autophagy are dysregulated in women with recurrent implantation failure with chronic endometritis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Wen-juan Wang, Hong Zhang, Zhong-quan Chen, Wei Zhang, Xue-mei Liu, Jiang-ye Fang, Fu-jun Liu, Joanne Kwak-Kim

Letrozole-associated controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in breast cancer patients versus conventional controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in infertile patients: assessment of oocyte quality related biomarkers

Oranite Goldrat, Geraldine Van Den Steen, Eric Gonzalez-Merino, Julie Dechène, Christine Gervy, Anne Delbaere, Fabienne Devreker, Viviane De Maertelaer, Isabelle Demeestere

Water and soil pollution as determinant of water and food quality/contamination and its impact on male fertility

Andrea Di Nisio, Carlo Foresta

Water and soil pollution as determinant of water and food quality/contamination and its impact on female fertility

Justin Rashtian, Diana E. Chavkin, Zaher Merhi

“Bisphenol a: an emerging threat to male fertility”

Federica Cariati, Nadja D’Uonno, Francesca Borrillo, Stefania Iervolino, Giacomo Galdiero, Rossella Tomaiuolo

Dual trigger with gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist and human chorionic gonadotropin significantly improves live birth rate for women with diminished ovarian reserve

  • Open Access
  • ICSI
  • Research

Ming-Huei Lin, Frank Shao-Ying Wu, Yuh-Ming Hwu, Robert Kuo-Kuang Lee, Ryh-Sheng Li, Sheng-Hsiang Li

The art of oocyte meiotic arrest regulation

  • Open Access
  • Review

Bo Pan, Julang Li

MicroRNAs in ovarian follicular atresia and granulosa cell apoptosis

  • Open Access
  • Review

Jinbi Zhang, Yinxue Xu, Honglin Liu, Zengxiang Pan

Impact of uteroplacental insufficiency on ovarian follicular pool in the rat

Valentina Pampanini, Kirsi Jahnukainen, Lena Sahlin, Daniela Germani, Antonella Puglianiello, Stefano Cianfarani, Olle Söder

Prediction of the lower serum anti-Müllerian hormone threshold for ovarian stimulation prior to in-vitro fertilization using the Elecsys® AMH assay: a prospective observational study

  • Open Access
  • Research

A. G. Grynnerup, K. Løssl, F. Pilsgaard, S. A. Lunding, M. Storgaard, J. W. Bogstad, L. Prætorius, A. Zedeler, L. Bungum, A. Nyboe Andersen, A. Pinborg

Preovulatory exposure to a protein-restricted diet disrupts amino acid kinetics and alters mitochondrial structure and function in the rat oocyte and is partially rescued by folic acid

Amy K. Schutt, Chellakkan S. Blesson, Jean W. Hsu, Cecilia T. Valdes, William E. Gibbons, Farook Jahoor, Chandra Yallampalli

Maternal high-fat diet impairs follicular development of offspring through intraovarian kisspeptin/GPR54 system

  • Open Access
  • Research

Zhiyang Zhou, Qi Lin, Xinxin Xu, Gaby Sukma Illahi, Chenle Dong, Xueqing Wu

The association between endometrial thickness and pregnancy outcome in gonadotropin-stimulated intrauterine insemination cycles

Yiwen Liu, Xiang Y. Ye, Crystal Chan

Blastocoele expansion: an important parameter for predicting clinical success pregnancy after frozen-warmed blastocysts transfer

Jing Zhao, Yi Yan, Xi Huang, Lunquan Sun, Yanping Li

Egg freezing for fertility preservation and family planning: a nationwide survey of US Obstetrics and Gynecology residents

Navid Esfandiari, Julia Litzky, Joshua Sayler, Pavel Zagadailov, Karen George, Leslie DeMars

Letrozole versus laparoscopic ovarian drilling in clomiphene citrate-resistant women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Qiong Yu, Shifu Hu, Yingying Wang, Guiping Cheng, Wei Xia, Changhong Zhu

The role of recombinant LH in women with hypo-response to controlled ovarian stimulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Review

Alessandro Conforti, Sandro C. Esteves, Francesca Di Rella, Ida Strina, Pasquale De Rosa, Alessia Fiorenza, Fulvio Zullo, Giuseppe De Placido, Carlo Alviggi

LIPOPHAGY: a novel form of steroidogenic activity within the LEYDIG cell during the reproductive cycle of turtle

  • Open Access
  • Research

Imran Tarique, Waseem Ali Vistro, Xuebing Bai, Ping Yang, Chen Hong, Yufei Huang, Abdul Haseeb, Enxue Liu, Noor Samad Gandahi, Mengdi Xu, Yifei Liu, Qiusheng Chen

Antral follicle count (AFC) and serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) are the predictors of natural fecundability have similar trends irrespective of fertility status and menstrual characteristics among fertile and infertile women below the age of 40 years

Haroon Latif Khan, Shahzad Bhatti, Samina Suhail, Rohina Gul, Aisha Awais, Humaira Hamayun, Farah Enver, Sana Abbas, Zahira Hassan, Rameen Nisar, Saba Sardar, Warda Asif

Risk of miscarriage in women with endometriosis undergoing IVF fresh cycles: a retrospective cohort study

Puyu Yang, Yang Wang, Zhangxin Wu, Ningning Pan, Liying Yan, Caihong Ma

Genomic evidence of Y chromosome microchimerism in the endometrium during endometriosis and in cases of infertility

Muzaffer A. Bhat, Jai B. Sharma, Kallol K. Roy, Jayasree Sengupta, Debabrata Ghosh

Activation of Nrf2/Keap1 pathway by oral Dimethylfumarate administration alleviates oxidative stress and age-associated infertility might be delayed in the mouse ovary

Nana Akino, Osamu Wada-Hiraike, Wataru Isono, Hiromi Terao, Harunori Honjo, Yuichiro Miyamoto, Michihiro Tanikawa, Kenbun Sone, Mana Hirano, Miyuki Harada, Tetsuya Hirata, Yasushi Hirota, Kaori Koga, Katsutoshi Oda, Tomoyuki Fujii, Yutaka Osuga

Effects of N-acetyl-cysteine supplementation on sperm quality, chromatin integrity and level of oxidative stress in infertile men

Rahil Jannatifar, Kazem Parivar, Nasim Hayati Roodbari, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani

Possible involvement of the RARRES2/CMKLR1-system in metabolic and reproductive parameters in Holstein dairy cows

Namya Mellouk, Christelle Ramé, Mélodie Diot, Eric Briant, Jean-Luc Touzé, Daniel Guillaume, Pascal Froment, Joëlle Dupont

Effects of three long-acting reversible contraceptive methods on HIV target cells in the human uterine cervix and peripheral blood

Liping Li, Jie Zhou, Weijia Wang, Lina Huang, Jiaoqin Tu, Lyndsey Baiamonte, Moselle Stark, Mistie Mills, Thomas J. Hope, Erma Z. Drobnis, Alison J. Quayle, Danny J. Schust

The risk of secondary sex ratio imbalance and increased monozygotic twinning after blastocyst transfer: data from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Hiromitsu Hattori, Akane Kitamura, Fumiaki Takahashi, Norio Kobayashi, Akiko Sato, Naoko Miyauchi, Hidekazu Nishigori, Satoshi Mizuno, Kasumi Sakurai, Mami Ishikuro, Taku Obara, Nozomi Tatsuta, Ichiko Nishijima, Ikuma Fujiwara, Shinichi Kuriyama, Hirohito Metoki, Nobuo Yaegashi, Kunihiko Nakai, Takahiro Arima, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hirohisa Saito, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Fumiki Hirahara, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Michihiro Kamijima, Ikuo Konishi, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Toshihide Ogawa, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh

Physiological and anatomical aspects of the reproduction of mice with reduced Syndecan-1 expression

  • Open Access
  • Research

Christina Gougoula, Alexandra P. Bielfeld, Sarah J. Pour, Jan-S. Krüssel, Martin Götte, W. Peter M. Benten, Dunja M. Baston-Büst

Seasonal variation in equine follicular fluid proteome

  • Open Access
  • Research

G. A. Dutra, G. M. Ishak, O. Pechanova, T. Pechan, D. G. Peterson, J. C. F. Jacob, S. T. Willard, P. L. Ryan, E. L. Gastal, J. M. Feugang

Should ICSI be implemented during IVF to all advanced-age patients with non-male factor subfertility?

Jacob Farhi, Kfir Cohen, Yossi Mizrachi, Ariel Weissman, Arieh Raziel, Raoul Orvieto

Correction to: The role of recombinant LH in women with hypo-response to controlled ovarian stimulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Alessandro Conforti, Sandro C. Esteves, Francesca Di Rella, Ida Strina, Pasquale De Rosa, Alessia Fiorenza, Fulvio Zullo, Giuseppe De Placido, Carlo Alviggi

Epigenetic role of the nuclear factor NF-Y on ID gene family in endometrial tissues of women with endometriosis: a case control study

Shirin Amirteimouri, Manan Ashini, Fariba Ramazanali, Reza Aflatoonian, Parvaneh Afsharian, Maryam Shahhoseini

Expression of the plasminogen system in the physiological mouse ovary and in the pathological polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) state

Genia F. Burchall, Dodie S. Pouniotis, Helena J. Teede, Sanjeeva Ranasinha, Kirsty A. Walters, Terrence J. Piva

Levels of circulating insulin cell-free DNA in women with polycystic ovary syndrome – a longitudinal cohort study

Pernille Bækgaard Udesen, Anja Elaine Sørensen, Mugdha V. Joglekar, Anandwardhan A. Hardikar, Marie Louise Muff Wissing, Anne-Lis Mikkelsen Englund, Louise Torp Dalgaard

Serum Antimüllerian hormone does not predict elevated progesterone levels among women who undergo controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for in vitro fertilization

Shahryar K. Kavoussi, Shu-Hung Chen, Caitlin L. Hunn, Brady T. West, John David Wininger, Keikhosrow M. Kavoussi, Parviz K. Kavoussi

Adipocyte alterations in endometriosis: reduced numbers of stem cells and microRNA induced alterations in adipocyte metabolic gene expression

Masoumeh Majidi Zolbin, Ramanaiah Mamillapalli, Sepide E. Nematian, Teddy G. Goetz, Hugh S. Taylor

Higher melatonin in the follicle fluid and MT2 expression in the granulosa cells contribute to the OHSS occurrence

Yiran Li, Lanlan Fang, Yiping Yu, Hao Shi, Sijia Wang, Yanjie Guo, Yingpu Sun

Doxycycline reduces MMP-2 activity and inhibits invasion of 12Z epithelial endometriotic cells as well as MMP-2 and -9 activity in primary endometriotic stromal cells in vitro

Eleftherios P. Samartzis, Daniel Fink, Manuel Stucki, Patrick Imesch

Effects of high-fat diets on fetal growth in rodents: a systematic review

Julian K. Christians, Kendra I. Lennie, Lisa K. Wild, Raajan Garcha

Intercellular wireless communication network between mother and fetus in rat pregnancy-a study on directed and weighted network

Miao Zhao, Tingting Liu, Guangchang Pang

Analyses of bovine luteal fractions obtained by FACS reveals enrichment of miR-183-96-182 cluster miRNAs in endothelial cells

  • Open Access
  • Short communication

Bushra T. Mohammed, Cristina L. Esteves, F. Xavier Donadeu

Effects of resveratrol on reducing spermatogenic dysfunction caused by high-intensity exercise

Yuping Guo, Anli Wang, Xinpeng Liu, Enzhong Li

Letrozole supplementation during controlled ovarian stimulation in expected high responders: a pilot randomized controlled study

Xiaoyi Yang, Ge Lin, Guangxiu Lu, Fei Gong

Blastomere movement post first cell division correlates with embryonic compaction and subsequent blastocyst formation

  • Open Access
  • Short communication

Kazuki Ohata, Kenji Ezoe, Tetsuya Miki, Hirofumi Morita, Ryoma Tsuchiya, Shigeru Kaneko, Tadashi Okimura, Kazuo Uchiyama, Akiko Yabuuchi, Tamotsu Kobayashi, Markus Montag, Keiichi Kato

Identification of potential metabolic biomarkers of polycystic ovary syndrome in follicular fluid by SWATH mass spectrometry

Zhengao Sun, Hsun-Ming Chang, Aijuan Wang, Jingyan Song, Xingxing Zhang, Jiayin Guo, Peter C. K. Leung, Fang Lian

Histologic analysis and lipid profiling reveal reproductive age-associated changes in peri-ovarian adipose tissue

  • Open Access
  • Research

Shweta S. Dipali, Christina R. Ferreira, Luhan T. Zhou, Michele T. Pritchard, Francesca E. Duncan

Anti-Müllerian hormone and progesterone levels in human follicular fluid are predictors of embryonic development

  • Open Access
  • ICSI
  • Research

Yvonne O’Brien, Mary Wingfield, Lynne C. O’Shea

Entry into puberty is reflected in changes in hormone production but not in testicular receptor expression in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Rüdiger W. Schulz, Geir Lasse Taranger, Jan Bogerd, Wouter Nijenhuis, Birgitta Norberg, Rune Male, Eva Andersson

Effect of exogenous gonadotropin on the transcriptome of human granulosa cells and follicular fluid hormone profiles

Cui-Ling Lu, Zhi-Qiang Yan, Xue-Ling Song, Yang-Ying Xu, Xiao-Ying Zheng, Rong Li, Ping Liu, Huai-Liang Feng, Jie Qiao

The placental transcriptome of the first-trimester placenta is affected by in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

  • Open Access
  • Research

Liang Zhao, Xiuli Zheng, Jingfang Liu, Rong Zheng, Rui Yang, Ying Wang, Lifang Sun

Discordance between antral follicle counts and anti-Müllerian hormone levels in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

  • Open Access
  • ICSI
  • Research

Yangyang Zhang, Yang Xu, Qing Xue, Jing Shang, Xiuli Yang, Xuemin Shan, Yanrong Kuai, Sheng Wang, Cheng Zeng

Quantitative proteomic analysis of sperm in unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss

  • Open Access
  • Research

Dena Xue, Yi Zhang, Yixin Wang, Jun Wang, Fengxiao An, Xiaowei Sun, Zhenhai Yu

Comparative study of environmental pollutants bisphenol A and bisphenol S on sexual differentiation of anteroventral periventricular nucleus and spermatogenesis

Naham John, Humaira Rehman, Suhail Razak, Mehwish David, Waheed Ullah, Tayyaba Afsar, Ali Almajwal, Iftikhar Alam, Sarwat Jahan

Cell-free mitochondrial DNA in human follicular fluid: a promising bio-marker of blastocyst developmental potential in women undergoing assisted reproductive technology

  • Open Access
  • Research

Yu Liu, Qiuzi Shen, Xue Zhao, Min Zou, Shumin Shao, Jiao Li, Xinling Ren, Ling Zhang

New Frontiers in IVF: mtDNA and autologous germline mitochondrial energy transfer

  • Open Access
  • Review

Mauro Cozzolino, Diego Marin, Giovanni Sisti

Menstrual blood derived mesenchymal stem cells combined with Bushen Tiaochong recipe improved chemotherapy-induced premature ovarian failure in mice by inhibiting GADD45b expression in the cell cycle pathway

Fengyi Guo, Tian Xia, Yedan Zhang, Xiaotong Ma, Zhongrui Yan, Shaohua Hao, Yali Han, Ruihong Ma, Yuan Zhou, Xue Du

Correction to: Entry into puberty is reflected in changes in hormone production but not in testicular receptor expression in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Rüdiger W. Schulz, Geir Lasse Taranger, Jan Bogerd, Wouter Nijenhuis, Birgitta Norberg, Rune Male, Eva Andersson

IVF outcomes of women with discrepancies between age and serum anti-Müllerian hormone levels

Bingqian Zhang, Yueru Meng, Xiao Jiang, Chao Liu, Huihui Zhang, Linlin Cui, Zi-Jiang Chen

Effect of vitamin D status on normal fertilization rate following in vitro fertilization

  • Open Access
  • ICSI
  • Research

Xuemei Liu, Wei Zhang, Yanping Xu, Yongli Chu, Xinrong Wang, Qian Li, Zhi Ma, Zhenteng Liu, Yanling Wan

The effect of seminal plasma β-NGF on follicular fluid hormone concentration and gene expression of steroidogenic enzymes in llama granulosa cells

Ximena P. Valderrama, Jose F. Goicochea, Mauricio E. Silva, Marcelo H. Ratto

Melatonin attenuates cadmium-induced ovulatory dysfunction by suppressing endoplasmic reticulum stress and cell apoptosis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Qingling Yang, Jing Zhu, Xiaoyan Luo, Fangyuan Li, Luping Cong, Yujiao Wang, Yingpu Sun

Subendometrial resistence and pulsatility index assessment of endometrial receptivity in assisted reproductive technology cycles

  • Open Access
  • Research

R. Silva Martins, A. Helio Oliani, D. Vaz Oliani, J. Martinez de Oliveira

Downregulation of miR-322 promotes apoptosis of GC-2 cell by targeting Ddx3x

Qi Che, Wei Wang, Peng Duan, Fang Fang, Chunyan Liu, Ting Zhou, Honggang Li, Chengling Xiong, Kai Zhao

Low dose of flurochloridone affected reproductive system of male rats but not fertility and early embryonic development

Rui Li, Su Zhou, Hongyan Zhu, Zhichao Zhang, Jing Fang, Ping Liu, Yu Wang, Xiuli Chang, Yubin Zhang, Liming Tang, Zhijun Zhou

Reproductive functions of Kisspeptin/KISS1R Systems in the Periphery

  • Open Access
  • Review

Yubin Cao, Zeping Li, Wenyu Jiang, Yan Ling, Haibin Kuang

Comparative analysis of mammalian sperm ultrastructure reveals relationships between sperm morphology, mitochondrial functions and motility

  • Open Access
  • Research

Ni-Hao Gu, Wen-Long Zhao, Gui-Shuan Wang, Fei Sun

Polycystic ovary syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction

Jingshun Zhang, Yigang Bao, Xu Zhou, Lianwen Zheng

MicroRNA-200b and microRNA-200c are up-regulated in PCOS granulosa cell and inhibit KGN cell proliferation via targeting PTEN

Tingting He, Yifei Sun, Yingchun Zhang, Shigang Zhao, Yanjun Zheng, Guimin Hao, Yuhua Shi

Knockdown of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 impedes transforming growth factor beta 1-mediated proliferation, migration, and invasion of endometriotic cyst stromal cells

Juan Zhang, Hui Li, Dan Yi, Chuntian Lai, Haiyan Wang, Wenda Zou, Bei Cao

Endometrium and endometriosis tissue mitochondrial energy metabolism in a nonhuman primate model

Hannah M. Atkins, Manish S. Bharadwaj, Anderson O’Brien Cox, Cristina M. Furdui, Susan E. Appt, David L. Caudell

Curcumin protects against palmitic acid-induced apoptosis via the inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress in testicular Leydig cells

Zhi Chen, Di Wen, Fen Wang, Chunbo Wang, Lei Yang

The impact of previous live births on peripheral and uterine natural killer cells in patients with recurrent miscarriage

B. Toth, K. Vomstein, R. Togawa, B. Böttcher, H. Hudalla, Th. Strowitzki, V. Daniel, R. J. Kuon

Mediterranean diet improves embryo yield in IVF: a prospective cohort study

Hongmei Sun, Yihua Lin, Dongxia Lin, Change Zou, Xiangli Zou, Lan Fu, Fanhua Meng, Weiping Qian

Value of endometrial echo pattern transformation after hCG trigger in predicting IVF pregnancy outcome: a prospective cohort study

Zhaojuan Hou, Qiong Zhang, Jing Zhao, Aizhuang Xu, Aihua He, Xi Huang, Shi Xie, Jing Fu, Lan Xiao, Yanping Li

C-kit signaling promotes human pre-implantation 3PN embryonic development and blastocyst formation

Jun Tan, Yang Zou, Zhi-Hui Huang, Zhi-Qin Zhang, Li-Ping Wu, Xing-Wu Wu, Xiao-Ju Wan, Cai-Lin Xin, Qiong-Fang Wu

Segmental aneuploidy in human blastocysts: a qualitative and quantitative overview

  • Open Access
  • Research

María-José Escribà, Xavier Vendrell, Vanessa Peinado

Astragaloside IV attenuates gestational diabetes mellitus via targeting NLRP3 inflammasome in genetic mice

Ruixue Zhang, Xuelei Zhang, Baoheng Xing, Jianyong Zhao, Peipei Zhang, Dandan Shi, Fengzhen Yang

CD4+/CD8+ mucosa-associated invariant T cells foster the development of endometriosis: a pilot study

Caihua Li, Zhimin Lu, Kaihuan Bi, Kangxia Wang, Yuping Xu, Peipei Guo, Ya Chen, Ping Zhou, Zhaolian Wei, Huanhuan Jiang, Yunxia Cao

Amniotic fluid antiphospholipid antibodies: potential role in antiphospholipid syndrome-independent aberrant implantation process

Valentina Bruno, Marzia Nuccetelli, Carlo Ticconi, Antonella Bruno, Federica Martelli, Maria Vittoria Capogna, Sergio Bernardini, Emilio Piccione, Adalgisa Pietropolli

Effects of FSHR polymorphisms on premature ovarian insufficiency in human beings: a meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Wenling Huang, Ying Cao, Lei Shi

Differential placental ceramide levels during gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)

Juan F. Mejia, Kelsey M. Hirschi, Kary Y. F. Tsai, Matthew G. Long, Benton C. Tullis, Eliza E. K. Bitter, Benjamin T. Bikman, Paul R. Reynolds, Juan A. Arroyo

Proteomic alterations underlie an association with teratozoospermia in obese mice sperm

Yuanhong Peng, Wenzhen Zhao, Fei Qu, Jia Jing, Yanqin Hu, Yue Liu, Zhide Ding

Assisted conception as a potential prognostic factor predicting insulin therapy in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus

Azam Kouhkan, Hamid Reza Baradaran, Roya Hosseini, Arezoo Arabipoor, Ashraf Moini, Reihaneh Pirjani, Alireza Khajavi, Mohammad E. Khamseh

A monocentric analysis of the efficacy of extracellular cryoprotectants in unfrozen solutions for cleavage stage embryos

Francesco Capodanno, Jessica Daolio, Gaetano De Feo, Angela Falbo, Daria Morini, Alessia Nicoli, Luca Braglia, MariaTeresa Villani, Giovanni B. La Sala, Lodovico Parmegiani, Lorenzo Aguzzoli

Contraceptive efficacy of sperm agglutinating factor from Staphylococcus warneri, isolated from the cervix of a woman with inexplicable infertility

Neeraj Chandra Pant, Ravinder Singh, Vijaya Gupta, Aditi Chauhan, Ravimohan Mavuduru, Vijay Prabha, Prince Sharma

Reduced expression of PD-L1 in autoimmune thyroiditis attenuate trophoblast invasion through ERK/MMP pathway

Mengya Chen, Nduwimana Gilbert, Haixia Liu

Developmental potential of surplus morulas with delayed and/or incomplete compaction after freezing-thawing procedures

  • Open Access
  • Research

Ni-Chin Tsai, Yu-Ting Su, Yu-Ju Lin, Hsin-Ju Chiang, Fu-Jen Huang, Fu-Tsai Kung, Kuo-Chung Lan

Relationships between the antral follicle count, steroidogenesis, and secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and anti-Müllerian hormone during follicular growth in cattle

Kenichiro Sakaguchi, Yojiro Yanagawa, Koji Yoshioka, Tomoko Suda, Seiji Katagiri, Masashi Nagano

Correction to: Endometrium metabolomic profiling reveals potential biomarkers for diagnosis of endometriosis at minimal-mild stages

Jingjie Li, Lihuan Guan, Huizhen Zhang, Yue Gao, Jiahong Sun, Xiao Gong, Dongshun Li, Pan Chen, Xiaoyan Liang, Min Huang, Huichang Bi

Serum and follicular fluid thyroid hormone levels and assisted reproductive technology outcomes

Yun Ying Cai, Na Lin, Lan Ping Zhong, Hui Juan Duan, Yun Hua Dong, Ze Wu, Heng Su

Progestin-primed ovarian stimulation vs mild stimulation in women with advanced age above 40: a retrospective cohort study

Qian Peng, Xiang Cao, Jing Wang, Lin Wang, Jun Xu, Xiaowei Ji, Suying Liu, Jin Zhu, Xi Dong

Hormonal induction of spermiation in a Eurasian bufonid (Epidalea calamita)

  • Open Access
  • Research

Lucía Arregui, Sergio Diaz-Diaz, Elia Alonso-López, Andrew J. Kouba

In vitro effect of nerve growth factor on the main traits of rabbit sperm

  • Open Access
  • Research

Cesare Castellini, Simona Mattioli, Alessandro Dal Bosco, Giulia Collodel, Alessandra Pistilli, Anna Maria Stabile, Lara Macchioni, Francesca Mancuso, Giovanni Luca, Mario Rende

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis impairs embryo implantation by compromising endometrial morphology and receptivity markers in euthyroid mice

Zhangbi Wu, Yaojun Cai, Qin Xia, Tiantian Liu, Hao Yang, Fen Wang, Nan Wang, Zhen Yu, Chunying Yin, Qunan Wang, Defa Zhu

In rats with estradiol valerate-induced polycystic ovary syndrome, the acute blockade of ovarian β-adrenoreceptors improve ovulation

Berenice Venegas, Lizzbeth Yureli De León Gordillo, Gabriela Rosas, Julieta A. Espinoza, Carolina Morán, Roberto Domínguez, Leticia Morales-Ledesma

MicroRNA-451 is downregulated in the follicular fluid of women with endometriosis and influences mouse and human embryonic potential

Xiong Li, Wenbi Zhang, Jing Fu, Yan Xu, Ruihuan Gu, Ronggui Qu, Lu Li, Yijuan Sun, Xiaoxi Sun

The proliferative effect of cortisol on bovine endometrial epithelial cells

Junsheng Dong, Jun Li, Jianji Li, Luying Cui, Xia Meng, Yang Qu, Heng Wang

Ovol2, a zinc finger transcription factor, is dispensable for spermatogenesis in mice

Jin Zhang, Juan Dong, Weibing Qin, Congcong Cao, Yujiao Wen, Yunge Tang, Shuiqiao Yuan

The impact of endometrial thickness change after progesterone administration on pregnancy outcome in patients transferred with single frozen-thawed blastocyst

Zhiqin Bu, Xinhong Yang, Lin Song, Beijia Kang, Yingpu Sun

CircRNA expression profile and functional analysis in testicular tissue of patients with non-obstructive azoospermia

  • Open Access
  • Research

Pan Ge, Jian Zhang, Liang Zhou, Mo-qi Lv, Yi-xin Li, Jin Wang, Dang-xia Zhou

The role of SCF ubiquitin-ligase complex at the beginning of life

Jiayan Xie, Yimei Jin, Guang Wang

Measuring the serum progesterone level on the day of transfer can be an additional tool to maximize ongoing pregnancies in single euploid frozen blastocyst transfers

Fazilet Kubra Boynukalin, Meral Gultomruk, Emre Turgut, Berfu Demir, Necati Findikli, Munevver Serdarogullari, Onder Coban, Zalihe Yarkiner, Mustafa Bahceci

GnRH agonists to sustain the luteal phase in antagonist IVF cycles: a randomized prospective trial

Francesco M. Fusi, Claudio M. Brigante, Laura Zanga, Mario Mignini Renzini, Chiara Bosisio, Rubens Fadini

Analysis of key genes and their functions in placental tissue of patients with gestational diabetes mellitus

Yuxia Wang, Haifeng Yu, Fangmei Liu, Xiue Song

Molecular analysis of the effects of steroid hormones on mouse meiotic prophase I progression

Deion M. Burks, Margaret R. McCoy, Sudipta Dutta, Connie J. Mark-Kappeler, Patricia B. Hoyer, Melissa E. Pepling

The impact of follicle-flushing during oocyte collection on embryo development of in-vitro fertilization

  • Open Access
  • ICSI
  • Research

Li-hua Zhu, Xiao-bei Ni, Fei Lin, Zhi-peng Xu, Jun-shun Fang, Ning-yuan Zhang

Semen quality pattern and age threshold: a retrospective cross-sectional study of 71,623 infertile men in China, between 2011 and 2017

W. N. Li, M. M. Jia, Y. Q. Peng, R. Ding, L. Q. Fan, G. Liu

The relationship between vitamin D and insulin resistance before delivery in advanced maternal age

Beibei Dong, Mengmeng Zhi, Manman Han, Hao Lin, Hong Yu, Ling Li

Fluorescent analysis of boar sperm capacitation process in vitro

  • Open Access
  • Methodology

Lukas Ded, Pavla Dostalova, Eva Zatecka, Andrej Dorosh, Katerina Komrskova, Jana Peknicova

Tracking research trends and hotspots in sperm DNA fragmentation testing for the evaluation of male infertility: a scientometric analysis

Saradha Baskaran, Ashok Agarwal, Manesh Kumar Panner Selvam, Renata Finelli, Kathy Amy Robert, Concetta Iovine, Peter Natesan Pushparaj, Luna Samanta, Avi Harlev, Ralf Henkel

An assessment of the multifactorial profile of steroid-metabolizing enzymes and steroid receptors in the eutopic endometrium during moderate to severe ovarian endometriosis

G. Anupa, Jai Bhagwan Sharma, Kallol K. Roy, Jayasree Sengupta, Debabrata Ghosh

Identification of diagnostic biomarkers in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus based on transcriptome gene expression and methylation correlation analysis

Enchun Li, Tengfei Luo, Yingjun Wang

Ovulatory signals alter granulosa cell behavior through YAP1 signaling

Tianyanxin Sun, Francisco J. Diaz

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