Maternal age affects oocyte developmental potential at both ends of the age spectrum

RL Krisher - Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Maternal age has a significant effect on oocyte developmental competence. Overall,
evidence suggests that oocytes from both prepubertal females and reproductively aged …

Effects of maternal age on oocyte developmental competence

DT Armstrong - Theriogenology, 2001 - Elsevier
The widespread use of a variety of assisted reproductive technologies has removed many of
the constraints that previously restricted mammalian reproduction to the period between …

Understanding oocyte ageing: can we influence the process as clinicians?

HA Homer - Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Mitochondrial therapeutics such as NAD+-boosting used during the oocyte's growth phase
markedly improve oocyte quality in mice. Evaluating them in humans should focus on …

Aging and oocyte competence: A molecular cell perspective

AF Ferreira, M Soares… - WIREs Mechanisms …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Follicular microenvironment is paramount in the acquisition of oocyte competence, which is
dependent on two interconnected and interdependent processes: nuclear and cytoplasmic …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced maternal age alters expression of maternal effect genes that are essential for human oocyte quality

JJ Zhang, X Liu, L Chen, S Zhang, X Zhang… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To investigate the effects of maternal age on the quality of oocytes, we used single-cell RNA
sequencing to detect global gene transcriptome and identify key genes affected by …

Oocyte aging underlies female reproductive aging: biological mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

H Igarashi, T Takahashi, S Nagase - Reproductive medicine and biology, 2015 - Springer
In recent years, postponement of marriage and childbearing in women of reproductive age
has led to an increase in the incidence of age-related infertility. The reproductive aging …

[HTML][HTML] Oocyte ageing and epigenetics

ZJ Ge, H Schatten, CL Zhang… - Reproduction (Cambridge …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It has become a current social trend for women to delay childbearing. However, the quality of
oocytes from older females is compromised and the pregnancy rate of older women is lower …

[HTML][HTML] Oocyte aging: looking beyond chromosome segregation errors

D Bebbere, G Coticchio, A Borini, S Ledda - Journal of Assisted …, 2022 - Springer
The age‐associated decline in female fertility is largely ascribable to a decrease in oocyte
quality. This phenomenon is multifaceted and influenced by numerous interconnected …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo and in vitro postovulatory aging: when time works against oocyte quality?

V Di Nisio, S Antonouli, P Damdimopoulou… - Journal of Assisted …, 2022 - Springer
In mammalian species an optimal fertilization window during which successful fertilization
occurs. In the majority of mammals estrus marks ovulation time and coincident with mating …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of oxidative stress on age-associated decline in oocyte developmental competence

H Sasaki, T Hamatani, S Kamijo, M Iwai… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Reproductive capacity in women starts to decline beyond their mid-30s and pregnancies in
older women result in higher rates of miscarriage with aneuploidy. Age-related decline in …