Decoding the spermatogenesis program: new insights from transcriptomic analyses

M Rabbani, X Zheng, GL Manske… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Spermatogenesis is a complex differentiation process coordinated spatiotemporally across
and along seminiferous tubules. Cellular heterogeneity has made it challenging to obtain …

The roles of microRNAs in regulation of mammalian spermatogenesis

X Chen, X Li, J Guo, P Zhang, W Zeng - Journal of Animal Science and …, 2017 - Springer
Mammalian spermatogenesis contains three continuous and organized processes, by which
spermatogonia undergo mitosis and differentiate to spermatocytes, follow on meiosis to form …

Single-cell RNA-seq uncovers dynamic processes and critical regulators in mouse spermatogenesis

Y Chen, Y Zheng, Y Gao, Z Lin, S Yang, T Wang… - Cell research, 2018 - nature.com
A systematic interrogation of male germ cells is key to complete understanding of molecular
mechanisms governing spermatogenesis and the development of new strategies for …

Three-dimensional genomic structure and cohesin occupancy correlate with transcriptional activity during spermatogenesis

C Vara, A Paytuví-Gallart, Y Cuartero, F Le Dily… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Mammalian gametogenesis involves dramatic and tightly regulated chromatin remodeling,
whose regulatory pathways remain largely unexplored. Here, we generate a comprehensive …

Unraveling transcriptome dynamics in human spermatogenesis

SZ Jan, TL Vormer, A Jongejan, MD Röling… - …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Spermatogenesis is a dynamic developmental process that includes stem cell proliferation
and differentiation, meiotic cell divisions and extreme chromatin condensation. Although …

Absence of CFAP69 causes male infertility due to multiple morphological abnormalities of the flagella in human and mouse

FN Dong, A Amiri-Yekta, G Martinez, A Saut… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - cell.com
The multiple morphological abnormalities of the flagella (MMAF) phenotype is among the
most severe forms of sperm defects responsible for male infertility. The phenotype is …

Unified single-cell analysis of testis gene regulation and pathology in five mouse strains

M Jung, D Wells, J Rusch, S Ahmad, J Marchini… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
To fully exploit the potential of single-cell functional genomics in the study of development
and disease, robust methods are needed to simplify the analysis of data across samples …

A-MYB and BRDT-dependent RNA Polymerase II pause release orchestrates transcriptional regulation in mammalian meiosis

AK Alexander, EJ Rice, J Lujic, LE Simon… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
During meiotic prophase I, spermatocytes must balance transcriptional activation with
homologous recombination and chromosome synapsis, biological processes requiring …

Large-scale discovery of male reproductive tract-specific genes through analysis of RNA-seq datasets

MJ Robertson, K Kent, N Tharp, K Nozawa, L Dean… - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
Background The development of a safe, effective, reversible, non-hormonal contraceptive
method for men has been an ongoing effort for the past few decades. However, despite …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic reorganization of open chromatin underlies diverse transcriptomes during spermatogenesis

S Maezawa, M Yukawa, KG Alavattam… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
During spermatogenesis, germ cells undergo massive cellular reconstruction and dynamic
chromatin remodeling to facilitate highly diverse transcriptomes, which are required for the …