Understanding the genetics of human infertility

Q Sang, PF Ray, L Wang - Science, 2023 - science.org
Reproduction involves a wide range of biological processes, including organ formation and
development, neuroendocrine regulation, hormone production, and meiosis and mitosis …

Genetic, epigenetic and enviromental influencing factors on the regulation of precocious and delayed puberty

MF Faienza, F Urbano, LA Moscogiuri… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The pubertal development onset is controlled by a network of genes that regulate the
gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) pulsatile release and the subsequent increase of …

Long-COVID cognitive impairments and reproductive hormone deficits in men may stem from GnRH neuronal death

F Sauve, S Nampoothiri, SA Clarke, D Fernandois… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background We have recently demonstrated a causal link between loss of gonadotropin-
releasing hormone (GnRH), the master molecule regulating reproduction, and cognitive …

A GnRH neuronal population in the olfactory bulb translates socially relevant odors into reproductive behavior in male mice

L Decoster, S Trova, S Zucca, J Bulk, A Gouveia… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons regulate fertility and
integrate hormonal status with environmental cues to ensure reproductive success. Here we …

New horizons: gonadotropin-releasing hormone and cognition

V Prévot, M Tena-Sempere… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pulsatile secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is essential for activating
and maintaining the function of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis, which controls the …

Hypothalamic neuroendocrine integration of reproduction and metabolism in mammals

F Yang, S Zhao, P Wang, W Xiang - Journal of Endocrinology, 2023 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Reproduction in mammals is an extremely energy-intensive process and is therefore tightly
controlled by the body's energy status. Changes in the nutritional status of the body cause …

Male minipuberty involves the gonad-independent activation of preoptic nNOS neurons

V Delli, J Dehame, D Franssen, S Rasika… - Free Radical Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis is crucial for
the establishment of reproductive function. In female mice, neuronal nitric oxide synthase …

Hypothalamic kisspeptin neurons as potential mediators of estradiol negative and positive feedback

JR Starrett, SM Moenter - Peptides, 2023 - Elsevier
Gonadal steroid feedback regulates the brain's patterned secretion of gonadotropin-
releasing hormone (GnRH). Negative feedback, which occurs in males and during the …

Metabolic control of puberty: 60 years in the footsteps of Kennedy and Mitra's seminal work

GM Anderson, JW Hill, UB Kaiser, VM Navarro… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
An individual's nutritional status has a powerful effect on sexual maturation. Puberty onset is
delayed in response to chronic energy insufficiency and is advanced under energy …

Combined gonadotropin therapy to replace mini‐puberty in male infants with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

S Rhys‐Evans, SR Howard - Annals of the New York Academy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Infants born with severe central disorders of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐gonadal axis
leading to gonadotropin deficiency not only lack pubertal development in adolescence, but …