Female fertility and the zona pellucida [PDF]
eLife, 2022 Fertility in female mammals, including mice and humans, is dependent on the presence of a zona pellucida (ZP) around growing oocytes and unfertilized eggs.
Paul M Wassarman, Eveline S Litscher
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Viscoelastic Properties of Zona Pellucida of Oocytes Characterized by Transient Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy [PDF]
Biosensors, 2023 The success rate in vitro fertilization is significantly linked to the quality of the oocytes. The oocyte’s membrane is encapsulated by a shell of gelatinous extracellular matrix, called zona pellucida, which undergoes dynamic changes throughout the ...
Danyil Azarkh +3 more
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Oviductin sets the species-specificity of the mammalian zona pellucida [PDF]
eLifeThe zona pellucida (ZP) is vital for species-specific fertilization as this barrier mediates sperm-oocyte binding. Here, we determined whether sperm from distant mammalian orders (Carnivora, Primates, and Rodentia) could penetrate bovine oocytes by ...
Daniel de la Fuente +11 more
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Zona pellucida removal resulted in a successful live birth: Report on a case with recurrent implantation failure due to embryonic bacteria contamination [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsKey clinical message In in vitro fertilization (IVF), laser offers several advantages. In this study, we employed laser to eliminate the zona pellucida of a contaminated embryo.
Son Truong Dang +8 more
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Cupulin is a zona pellucida-like domain protein and major component of the cupula from the inner ear. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The extracellular membranes of the inner ear are essential constituents to maintain sensory functions, the cupula for sensing torsional movements of the head, the otoconial membrane for sensing linear movements and accelerations like gravity, and the ...
Jens Dernedde +8 more
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ZP1-Y262C mutation causes abnormal zona pellucida formation and female infertility in humans [PDF]
Frontiers in GeneticsDefective oocyte maturation is a common cause of female infertility. The loss of the zona pellucida (ZP) represents a specific condition of impaired oocyte maturation.
Guangyi Cao +12 more
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Bovine And Human Zona Pellucida 3 Gene Glycans Site Prediction Using In Silico Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Tropical Life Science, 2014 Zona pellucida is one of the protective layer of the egg cell and has a function as an intermediary species-specific fertilization. Glycoproteins of human and bovine zona pellucida is composed of three types, namely ZP1, ZP2 and ZP3.
Nurul Jadid Mubarakati +3 more
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Magnetic‐Assisted Control of Eggs and Embryos via Zona Pellucida‐Linked Nanoparticles [PDF]
Advanced ScienceEggs and embryo manipulation is an important biotechnological challenge to enable positioning, entrapment, and selection of reproductive cells to advance into a new era of nature‐like assisted reproductive technologies.
Francisco Alberto García‐Vázquez +8 more
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Effect of folicular fluid on the capacity of binding to the zona pellucida of epididimary sperm of alpaca (Vicugna pacos) [PDF]
SPERMOVA, 2017 Follicular fluid is the liquid fraction that surrounds the oocyte during its growth and maturation in the ovary. The components of the follicular fluid can favor the functionality of the sperm.
B. Zeze, B. Ruben, M. Valdivia
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Vaccines, 2023 A short mouse-specific peptide from zona pellucida 3 (mZP3, amino acids 328–342) has been shown to be associated with antibody-mediated contraception. In this study, we investigated the production of mZP3 in the plant, as an orally applicable host, and ...
Khadijeh Ghasemian +6 more
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