BACKGROUND It has long been thought that the factors affecting embryo and foetal
development were exclusively maternally derived; hence, if issues regarding fertility and …

Since the birth of Louise Brown in 1978 via IVF, reproductive specialists have acquired
enormous knowledge and refined several procedures, which are nowadays applied in …

Infertility is defined as the failure to conceive after at least one year of unprotected
intercourse. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts that contain more than 200 …

Assisted reproductive technology may influence epigenetic signature as the procedures
coincide with the extensive epigenetic modification occurring from fertilization to embryo …

Infertility affects a significant number of couples worldwide and its incidence is increasing.
While assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have revolutionized the treatment …

This review discusses epigenetic mechanisms and the relationship of infertility in men and
women in relation to parameters pertaining to nutrition. The prevalence of infertility …

Spermatogenesis is a very complex process with an intricate transcriptional regulation. The
transition from the diploid to the haploid state requires the involvement of specialized genes …

Background Altered sperm DNA methylation patterns of imprinted genes as well as certain
spermatogenesis-related genes has been proposed as a possible mechanism of male …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the differences in sperm function and embryo
morphokinetics following sperm cryopreservation by ultra‐rapid freezing or rapid freezing …

Background Tobacco smoking is considered as one of the lifestyles factors that influence the
sperm DNA methylation and global sperm DNA methylation and that may affect the sperm …