Age-associated epigenetic changes in mammalian sperm: implications for offspring health and development

V Ashapkin, A Suvorov, JR Pilsner… - Human reproduction …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Modern reproductive behavior in most developed countries is characterized
by delayed parenthood. Older gametes are generally less fertile, accumulating and …

Contribution of semen to early embryo development: fertilization and beyond

M Vallet-Buisan, R Mecca, C Jones… - Human …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND It has long been thought that the factors affecting embryo and foetal
development were exclusively maternally derived; hence, if issues regarding fertility and …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell analysis of human testis aging and correlation with elevated body mass index

X Nie, SK Munyoki, M Sukhwani, N Schmid, A Missel… - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
Aging men display reduced reproductive health; however, testis aging is poorly understood
at the molecular and genomic levels. Here, we utilized single-cell RNA-seq to profile over …

Frequency, morbidity and equity—the case for increased research on male fertility

S Kimmins, RA Anderson, CLR Barratt… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Currently, most men with infertility cannot be given an aetiology, which reflects a lack of
knowledge around gamete production and how it is affected by genetics and the …

Emerging rejuvenation strategies—Reducing the biological age

B Zhang, A Trapp, C Kerepesi, VN Gladyshev - Aging Cell, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Several interventions have recently emerged that were proposed to reverse rather than just
attenuate aging, but the criteria for what it takes to achieve rejuvenation remain …

[HTML][HTML] Reproductive axis ageing and fertility in men

S Martins da Silva, RA Anderson - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic …, 2022 - Springer
Compared to women, increasing male age is not accompanied by such marked changes in
reproductive function but changes certainly do happen. These include alterations to the …

Sperm epigenetic clock associates with pregnancy outcomes in the general population

JR Pilsner, H Saddiki, BW Whitcomb… - Human …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Is sperm epigenetic aging (SEA) associated with probability of
pregnancy among couples in the general population? SUMMARY ANSWER We observed a …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related methylation changes in the human sperm epigenome

L Bernhardt, M Dittrich, A Prell, R Potabattula… - Aging (Albany …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Advanced paternal age is associated with increased risks for reproductive and offspring
medical problems. Accumulating evidence suggests age-related changes in the sperm …

The association between long-term DDT or DDE exposures and an altered sperm epigenome—a cross-sectional study of Greenlandic Inuit and South African …

A Lismer, X Shao, MC Dumargne… - Environmental …, 2024 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The organochlorine dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is banned
worldwide owing to its negative health effects. It is exceptionally used as an insecticide for …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced paternal age and future generations

PTK Chan, B Robaire - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Paternal age at conception has been increasing. In this review, we first present the results
from the major mammalian animal models used to establish that increasing paternal age …