Gene mutations impede oocyte maturation, fertilization, and early embryonic development

C Fei, L Zhou - Bioessays, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reproductive diseases are a long‐standing problem and have become more common in the
world. Currently, 15% of the world's population suffers from infertility, and half of them are …

Genetic factors as potential molecular markers of human oocyte and embryo quality

Q Sang, Z Zhou, J Mu, L Wang - Journal of Assisted Reproduction and …, 2021 - Springer
Successful human reproduction requires gamete maturation, fertilization, and early
embryonic development. Human oocyte maturation includes nuclear and cytoplasmic …

Genetics of human female infertility

SA Yatsenko, A Rajkovic - Biology of reproduction, 2019 - academic.oup.com
About 10% of women of reproductive age are unable to conceive or carry a pregnancy to
term. Female factors alone account for at least 35% of all infertility cases and comprise a …

Genetics of mammalian reproduction: modeling the end of the germline

MM Matzuk, KH Burns - Annual review of physiology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Our understanding of reproduction and early embryonic development has directly enabled
our manipulation of the mouse genome for tests of gene function in vivo. In this review, we …

[PDF][PDF] Mouse models of ovarian failure

JA Elvin, MM Matzuk - Reviews of reproduction, 1998 - scholar.archive.org
Ovarian failure leading to infertility can be caused by improper prenatal development of the
fetal gonad or disruption of the complex postnatal process of folliculogenesis due to …

[HTML][HTML] Oocyte maturation failure: a syndrome of bad eggs

S Beall, C Brenner, J Segars - Fertility and sterility, 2010 - Elsevier
To show that disruption of meiotic competence results in cell cycle arrest, and the production
of immature oocytes that are not capable of fertilization. Through an extensive review of …

Insights into primary ovarian insufficiency through genetically engineered mouse models

SD Sullivan, DH Castrillon - Seminars in reproductive medicine, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), also known as premature ovarian failure, is a form of
hypergonadotropic hypogonadism that causes infertility in~ 1% of women< 40 years of age …

Molecular genetics of infertility: loss-of-function mutations in humans and corresponding knockout/mutated mice

SY Jiao, YH Yang, SR Chen - Human reproduction update, 2021 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Infertility is a major issue in human reproductive health, affecting an
estimated 15% of couples worldwide. Infertility can result from disorders of sex development …

Ovarian follicle development and transgenic mouse models

KR Barnett, C Schilling, CR Greenfeld… - Human reproduction …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Ovarian follicle development is a complex process that begins with the establishment of
what is thought to be a finite pool of primordial follicles and culminates in either the atretic …

New mutations in non-syndromic primary ovarian insufficiency patients identified via whole-exome sequencing

LC Patiño, I Beau, C Carlosama, JC Buitrago… - Human …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Is it possible to identify new mutations potentially associated with non-
syndromic primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) via whole-exome sequencing (WES) …