Ovarian damage from chemotherapy and current approaches to its protection

N Spears, F Lopes, A Stefansdottir… - Human reproduction …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Anti-cancer therapy is often a cause of premature ovarian insufficiency and
infertility since the ovarian follicle reserve is extremely sensitive to the effects of …

Fertility preservation: the challenge of freezing and transplanting ovarian tissue

MM Dolmans, J Donnez, L Cacciottola - Trends in molecular medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Cancer treatments are increasingly effective, but can result in iatrogenic premature ovarian
insufficiency. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation is the only option available to preserve fertility …

[HTML][HTML] BNC1 deficiency-triggered ferroptosis through the NF2-YAP pathway induces primary ovarian insufficiency

F Wang, Y Liu, F Ni, J Jin, Y Wu, Y Huang, X Ye… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a clinical syndrome of ovarian dysfunction
characterized by premature exhaustion of primordial follicles. POI causes infertility, severe …

Oocytes can efficiently repair DNA double-strand breaks to restore genetic integrity and protect offspring health

JM Stringer, A Winship, N Zerafa… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Female fertility and offspring health are critically dependent on an adequate supply of high-
quality oocytes, the majority of which are maintained in the ovaries in a unique state of …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of chemotherapy on the ovaries: molecular aspects and the prevention of ovarian damage

C Sonigo, I Beau, N Binart, M Grynberg - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy, induces early ovarian follicular depletion and
subsequent infertility. In order to protect gametes from the gonadotoxic effects of …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of oxidative stress on the chicken ovary: Involvement of microbiota and melatonin interventions

J Wang, R Jia, H Gong, P Celi, Y Zhuo, X Ding, S Bai… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The poultry ovary is used as a classic model to study ovarian biology and ovarian cancer.
Stress factors induced oxidative stress to cause follicle atresia, which may be a fundamental …

TAp63 determines the fate of oocytes against DNA damage

Y Luan, SY Yu, A Abazarikia, R Dong, SY Kim - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin lead to premature ovarian insufficiency as an off-target
effect. However, their oocyte death pathway has been debated. Here, we clarified the …

Anti-Mullerian hormone attenuates both cyclophosphamide-induced damage and PI3K signalling activation, while rapamycin attenuates only PI3K signalling …

R Rosario, HL Stewart, N Spears, EE Telfer… - Human …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION What are the effects of cyclophosphamide exposure on the human ovary
and can anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) and rapamycin protect against these? SUMMARY …

[HTML][HTML] Ovarian follicle depletion induced by chemotherapy and the investigational stages of potential fertility-protective treatments—a review

X Hao, A Anastácio, K Liu… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ovarian follicle pool depletion, infertility, and premature menopause are all known sequelae
of cancer treatment that negatively impact the quality of life of young cancer survivors. The …

[HTML][HTML] Individual-oocyte transcriptomic analysis shows that genotoxic chemotherapy depletes human primordial follicle reserve in vivo by triggering proapoptotic …

S Titus, KJ Szymanska, B Musul, V Turan, E Taylan… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Gonadotoxic chemotherapeutics, such as cyclophosphamide, can cause early menopause
and infertility in women. Earlier histological studies showed ovarian reserve depletion via …