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Three‐Dimensional Ovary Model to Improve and Study Murine Follicle Growth

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
To develop new methods for fertility preservation in women, novel culture systems for small follicles need to be established. In this work, a poly(ethylene glycol) based scaffold, with appropriate mechanical and bioactive features to support mouse follicle and ovary cell growth is developed, and the formed cell‐follicle interactions are visualized ...
Mira Jacobs, Valon Gllareva, Lukas Moser, Silvia Pravato, Eric Mora Pimentel, Brigitte Leeners, Martin Ehrbar   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maturation arrest of human oocytes at germinal vesicle stage

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences, 2010
Maturation arrest of human oocytes may occur at various stages of the cell cycle. A total failure of human oocytes to complete meiosis is rarely observed during assisted conception cycles. We describe here a case of infertile couples for whom all oocytes
Zhi Qin Chen, Teng Xiao Ming, Hans Ingolf Nielsen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cyclic nucleotide in oocyte In vitro maturation in Assisted Reproductive Technology

Journal of Biomedicine and Translational Research, 2020
In vitro maturation (IVM) is a promising assisted reproductive technology (ART) for human infertility treatment. However, when cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) are removed from their follicular environment when manipulated in vitro, it can lead to a ...
Christie L Sun, Sally L Catt, Kiri Beilby, Mulyoto Pangestu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic Hypoxia Disrupts Spermatogenesis Through ASXL2–EZH2–Mediated Microtubule Destabilization

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals the mechanism by which chronic hypoxia impairs spermatogenesis via the ASXL2–EZH2 axis, hindering the transition of spermatids from round to elongated forms. Key findings reveal that under hypoxic conditions, downregulated ASXL2 expression reduces EZH2 binding to the CEP162 promoter, leading to decreased H3K27me3 modification and ...
Jun Yin, Mengjie Zhang, Wenying Liu, Wenlong Shen, Debao Li, Hongming Miao, Fang Deng, Gang Zhang, Yi Tian, Yi Zhang, Zhihu Zhao, Bing Ni   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel role for DNA methyltransferase 1 in regulating oocyte cytoplasmic maturation in pigs.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Maternal factors are required for oocyte maturation and embryo development. To better understand the role of DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1) in oocyte maturation and embryo development, small interfering RNA (siRNA) was conducted in porcine oocytes.
Yanjun Huan, Bingteng Xie, Shichao Liu, Qingran Kong, Zhonghua Liu   +4 more
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Human oocyte maturation in vitro

The International Journal of Developmental Biology, 2012
Oocytes from medium-sized antral follicles have already completed their growth phase and, if released from the follicular environment and cultured in vitro, are able to resume the meiotic process and mature. However, in vitro maturation (IVM) does not entirely support all the nuclear and cytoplasmic changes that occur physiologically as an effect of ...
Giovanni, Coticchio, Mariabeatrice, Dal-Canto, Maria-Cristina, Guglielmo, Mario, Mignini-Renzini, Rubens, Fadini   +4 more
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Chromosome transfer in mature oocytes [PDF]

Fertility and Sterility, 2010
In this article, we describe detailed protocols for the isolation and transfer of spindle-chromosomal complexes between mature, metaphase II-arrested oocytes. In brief, the spindle-chromosomal complex is visualized using a polarized microscope and extracted into a membrane-enclosed karyoplast.
Masahito, Tachibana, Michelle, Sparman, Shoukhrat, Mitalipov   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Ovarian Matrisome Dynamics and αvβ3‐Mediated Regulation in Early Follicular Development

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The matrisome undergoes dynamic remodeling during early follicular development. Integrin αvβ3 mediates matrisome signals, regulating primordial follicle activation/atresia and secondary follicle growth via Hippo/mTOR pathways, with conserved roles in human ovaries, offering therapeutic targets for ovarian disorders.
Tong Wu, Yanzhi Feng, Qingqing Zhu, Ting Jiang, Yueyue Gao, Kebing Nie, Xianan Tang, Ying Chen, Dianxing Hu, Xudan Yang, Shixuan Wang, Meng Wu, Jinjin Zhang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases Activated Differently on In-Vitro Maturation of oocytes Cytoplasm and Cumulus Cells in Bovine

Journal of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, 2018
To determine the differences in the in-vitro ovum maturation process of bovine, we compared the expression of MMPs in these oocytes and cumulus cell throughout oocytes maturated. In an attempt to investigate the effect of MMP activation and inhibitors in
Sang-Hwan Ki, Jong-Taek Yoon
doaj   +1 more source