Female infertility and pregnancy maintenance are associate with various factors, including
quantity and quality of oocytes, genital inflammation, endometriosis, and other diseases …

The aim of this review is to summarize our current understanding of the molecular
mechanism for the glucose metabolism, especially pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), during …

Endometriosis is a common disease in women of childbearing age and is closely associated
with female infertility. However, the pathogenesis of endometriosis-related infertility is still …

Purpose Vitrification permits long-term banking of oocytes and embryos. It is a technically
challenging procedure requiring direct handling and movement of cells between potentially …

In the ovarian follicle, a bilateral cell-to-cell communication exists between the female germ
cell and the cumulus cells which surround the oocyte. This communication allows the transit …

Objective To examine the developmental competence of immature oocytes in stimulated
cycles, that matured after rescue in vitro maturation (IVM) compared with their sibling in vivo …

As a predominant hormone in the reproductive axis, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is
known as the primary surviving factor for follicular growth. In this study, the alleviating effect …

Purpose To assess the effects of the oocyte on mRNA abundance of FSHR, AMH and major
genes of the maturation cascade (AREG, EREG, ADAM17, EGFR, PTGS2, TNFAIP6, PTX3 …

In vitro follicle development (IVFD) is an adequate model to obtain basic knowledge of
folliculogenesis and provides a tool for ovarian toxicity screening. IVFD yielding competent …

In vitro maturation (IVM) is not a routine assisted reproductive technology (ART) for oocytes
collected from early antral (EA) follicles, a large source of potentially available gametes …