Molecular mechanisms underlying the relationship between obesity and male infertility

F Barbagallo, RA Condorelli, LM Mongioì… - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, the worldwide prevalence of obesity has risen dramatically and is
currently estimated to be around 20%. Obesity is linked to an increased risk of comorbidities …

Epigenetics of pregnancy: looking beyond the DNA code

D Zuccarello, U Sorrentino, V Brasson, L Marin… - Journal of assisted …, 2022 - Springer
Epigenetics is the branch of genetics that studies the different mechanisms that influence
gene expression without direct modification of the DNA sequence. An ever-increasing …

[HTML][HTML] The renaissance of male infertility management in the golden age of andrology

AE Calogero, R Cannarella, A Agarwal… - The world journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infertility affects nearly 186 million people worldwide and the male partner is the cause in
about half of the cases. Meta-regression data indicate an unexplained decline in sperm …

DNA methylation in offspring conceived after assisted reproductive techniques: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Cannarella, A Crafa, LM Mongioì, L Leggio… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: In the last 40 years, assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs) have emerged as
potentially resolving procedures for couple infertility. This study aims to evaluate whether …

H19 sperm methylation in male infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Cannarella, A Crafa, F Barbagallo, SD Lundy… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This systematic review and meta-analysis summarize the difference in the methylation of the
H19 gene in patients with abnormal versus normal conventional sperm parameters. It also …

Risk of genetic and epigenetic alteration in children conceived following ART: Is it time to return to nature whenever possible?

R Sciorio, L Tramontano, E Rapalini… - Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Assisted reproductive technology may influence epigenetic signature as the procedures
coincide with the extensive epigenetic modification occurring from fertilization to embryo …

Intrachromosomal Looping and Histone K27 Methylation Coordinately Regulates the lncRNA H19-Fetal Mitogen IGF2 Imprinting Cluster in the Decidual …

X Wen, Q Zhang, L Zhou, Z Li, X Wei, W Yang, J Zhang… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) is a highly heterogeneous complication of
pregnancy with the underlying mechanisms remaining uncharacterized. Dysregulated …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity: a doorway to a molecular path leading to infertility

R Ahmad, M Haque - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The dramatic rise in obesity has recently made it a global health issue. About 1.9 billion
were overweight, and 650 million global populations were obese in 2016. Obese women …

Sperm-carried IGF2 downregulated the expression of mitogens produced by Sertoli cells: A paracrine mechanism for regulating spermatogenesis?

R Cannarella, F Mancuso, I Arato, C Lilli… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) mRNA has been found in human and mouse
spermatozoa. It is currently unknown whether the IGF2 protein is expressed in human …

[PDF][PDF] Obesity inflicted reproductive complications and infertility in men

R Ahmad, M Haque - Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 2023 - researchgate.net
The characteristic of obesity is body fat accumulation in excess, which has a deteriorating
effect on human health. Almost 650 million individuals are obese, while 1.9 billion people …