The purpose of this study was to quantify the effects of acute exposure to mainstream (MS)
and sidestream (SS) smoke solutions on oocyte cumulus complex pick-up rate in expiants of …

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to elucidate the effects of cigarette smoke per se or vitamin E
on mice exposed to cigarette smoke, with regard to fertility and cleavage rates, and embryo …

Benzo (a) pyrene (BaP) is an ovotoxic constituent of cigarette smoke associated with pre-
mature ovarian failure and decreased rates of conception in IVF patients. Although the …

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking has long been known to have an effect on female
fertility. The existence of an ovarian factor is clear when one considers that the mean age of …

Women smokers and women exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) have reduced
ovarian function as evidenced by an earlier menopause, reduced follicular numbers …

We previously demonstrated that cigarette smoke (CS) exposure decreases primordial
follicle counts and induces autophagy in ovarian granulosa cells in preference to apoptosis …

Epidemiological studies have shown that cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for tubal
ectopic pregnancy but the reason for this remains unclear. Here, we set out to determine the …

In the present paper, we found that human fetal ovaries (at~ 16 weeks) express the
transcripts for several subunits of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Exposure to …

1 The aim of this study was to evaluate the toxicological influence of tobacco smoke on
fertility and reproduction of Wistar female rats. The influence of tobacco smoke from the …

This review evaluates the evidence for a link between smoking and female fertility. Twenty-
two primary papers and two reviews were found. All but three indicated a detrimental effect …