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Massarotti C, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Liperis G, Uraji J, Sharma K, Serdarogullari M, Ammar OF, Makieva S, Ali ZE, Romualdi D, Somigliana E, Sakkas D, Dancet E, Mincheva M. Understanding and addressing unexplained infertility: from diagnosis to treatment. Hum Reprod 2024; 39:1155-1159. [PMID: 38531672 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deae054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Claudia Massarotti
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- DINOGMI Department, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
- Embryorigin Fertility Centre, Larnaca, Cyprus
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- MVZ Kinderwunsch am Seestern, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- HealthPlus Fertility Center, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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- Ar-Razzi Private Hospital, IVF Centre, Ramadi, Iraq
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
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- Kinderwunschzentrum, Klinik für Reproduktions-Endokrinologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Research & Development Department, Hertility Health Limited, London, UK
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- Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'Agostino Gemelli' IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Ammar OF, Massarotti C, Mincheva M, Sharma K, Liperis G, Herraiz S, Rodríguez-Nuevo A, Zambelli F, Mihalas BP, Fraire-Zamora JJ. Oxidative stress and ovarian aging: from cellular mechanisms to diagnostics and treatment. Hum Reprod 2024:deae082. [PMID: 38670545 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deae082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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- Omar F Ammar
- IVF Department, Ar-Razzi Hospital, Ramadi, Iraq
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- DINOGMI Department, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- HealthPlus Fertility Center, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
- Embryorigin Fertility Centre, Larnaca, Cyprus
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- IVIRMA Global Research Alliance, IVI Foundation-IIS la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Oocyte Biology Research Unit, Discipline of Women's Health, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of NSW Sydney, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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Liperis G, Makieva S, Serdarogullari M, Uraji J, Ali ZE, Pisaturo V, Cuevas-Saiz I, Scarica C, Sharma K, Fraire-Zamora JJ. Agree to disagree: reaching consensus amongst embryologists on the clinical management of low-quality blastocysts. Hum Reprod 2024:deae083. [PMID: 38670550 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deae083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- George Liperis
- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
- Embryorigin Fertility Centre, Larnaca, Cyprus
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- Kinderwunschzentrum, Klinik für Reproduktions-Endokrinologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Turkey
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- IVF Laboratory, TFP Düsseldorf GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Research & Development Department, Hertility Health Limited, London, UK
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- Department of Maternal and Child Health and Urology, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
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- European Hospital, New Fertility Group Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Rome, Italy
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- HealthPlus Fertility Center, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Sharma K, Ammar OF, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Uraji J, Thomson A, Aydin B, Ezzati M, Alteri A, Liperis G. When disaster strikes: risk management and implementing emergency vitrification protocols in IVF laboratory crises. Hum Reprod 2024:deae080. [PMID: 38649142 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deae080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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- Kashish Sharma
- HealthPlus Fertility Center, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- IVF Department, Ar-Razzi Hospital, Ramadi, Iraq
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
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- IVF Laboratory, TFP Düsseldorf GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
- Embryorigin Fertility Centre, Larnaca, Cyprus
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Massarotti C, Ammar OF, Liperis G, Mincheva M, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Sharma K, Rosario R, Winship AL, Lambertini M, Makieva S. Chemoprotection of the ovary: a leading role or a complementary strategy in fertility preservation? Hum Reprod 2024:deae069. [PMID: 38593422 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deae069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Claudia Massarotti
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- DINOGMI Department, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Ar-Razzi Private Hospital, IVF Centre, Ramadi, Iraq
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- HealthPlus Fertility Center, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, U.O.C. Clinica di Oncologia Medica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DIMI), School of Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Kinderwunschzentrum, Klinik für Reproduktions-Endokrinologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Serdarogullari M, Liperis G, Sharma K, Ammar OF, Uraji J, Cimadomo D, Alteri A, Popovic M, Fraire-Zamora JJ. Unpacking the artificial intelligence toolbox for embryo ploidy prediction. Hum Reprod 2023; 38:2538-2542. [PMID: 37877410 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dead223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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- Munevver Serdarogullari
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- HealthPlus Fertility Center, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- IVF Laboratory, TFP Düsseldorf GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- IVIRMA Global Research Alliance, Genera, Clinica Valle Giulia, Rome, Italy
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Ali ZE, Liperis G, Mincheva M, Serdarogullari M, Uraji J, Ammar OF, Fraire-Zamora JJ. From stress to success: exploring methods addressing psychosocial stress in couples trying to conceive. Hum Reprod 2023; 38:2277-2279. [PMID: 37558266 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dead159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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- Zoya E Ali
- Research & Development Department, Hertility Health Limited, London, UK
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
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- IVF Laboratory, TFP Düsseldorf GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Massarotti C, Ammar OF, Liperis G, Uraji J, Drakopoulos P, Labarta E, Maheshwari A, Cheong Y, Makieva S, Fraire-Zamora JJ. Progesterone in HRT-FET cycles: a game of hide and seek. Hum Reprod 2023; 38:2039-2043. [PMID: 37528050 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dead153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Claudia Massarotti
- DINOGMI Department, University of Genoa, Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Genoa, Italy
- Physiopathology of Human Reproduction Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- IVF Laboratory, TFP Düsseldorf GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Brussels IVF, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Institute of Life, IVF Unit, Athens, Greece
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- Human Reproduction Department, IVI RMA, Valencia, Spain
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- Aberdeen Fertility Centre, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- Complete Fertility Centre, Southampton, England, UK
- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, UK
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- Kinderwunschzentrum, Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Mincheva M, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Liperis G, Ammar OF, Duffin K, Kanbar M, Mitchell RT, Moura-Ramos M, Massarotti C. Going back to the start: do cancer and haematological disorders affect germ cells in prepubertal boys? Hum Reprod 2023; 38:1856-1860. [PMID: 37328443 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dead128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Andrology Lab, Pôle de recherche en Physiopathologie de la Reproduction (REPR), Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Department of Gynecology-Andrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Clinical Psychology Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, DINOGMI Department, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Physiopathology of Human Reproduction Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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Ammar OF, Sharma K, Liperis G, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Serdarogullari M, Ali ZE, Ramasamy R, Laurentino S, Watkins A, Mincheva M. Balancing the scales: the interplay of diet, exercise, GLP-1 receptor agonists, and obesity in shaping male reproductive health. Hum Reprod 2023:dead126. [PMID: 37344147 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dead126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Omar F Ammar
- Biomaterials Cluster, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- HealthPlus Fertility Center, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus, Nicosia, Turkey
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- Research & Development Department, Hertility Health Limited, London, UK
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- Desai Sethi Urology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Centre of Reproduction and Andrology, Institute of Reproductive and Regenerative Biology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Lifespan and Population Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Ali Z, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Serdarogullari M, Massarotti C, Busby M, Uraji J. Mother's PCOS: a blueprint for children's health? Hum Reprod 2023:7136718. [PMID: 37087106 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dead078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/24/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Zoya Ali
- Research & Development Department, Hertility Health Limited, London, UK
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, via Mersin 10, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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- DINOGMI Department, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- Physiopathology of Human Reproduction Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- IVF Laboratory, MVZ TFP Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Fraire-Zamora JJ, Sharma K, Ammar OF, Massarotti C, Ali ZE, Telfer EE, Williams S, Ata B, Liperis G. Mind the gap: deciphering the role of anti-Müllerian hormone in follicular development-from animal studies toward clinical application. Hum Reprod 2023:7131353. [PMID: 37075310 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dead075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023] Open
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- HealthPlus Fertility and Women's Health Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- DINOGMI Department, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Research & Development Department, Hertility Health Limited, London, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Institute of Cell Biology, Edinburgh, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
- ART Fertility Clinics, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Fraire-Zamora JJ, Serdarogullari M, Sharma K, Ammar OF, Mincheva M, Macklon N, Pujol A, Capalbo A, Meseguer M, Liperis G. Better late than never: the clinical value of Day 7 blastocysts. Hum Reprod 2023; 38:520-524. [PMID: 36610458 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
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- ART Fertility Clinics LLC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Biomathematics Research Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Centro de Infertilidad y Reproducción Humana (CIRH)-Eugin Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- IVF Laboratory, IVI Valencia, Valencia, Spain.,Health Research Institute la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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Makieva S, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Mincheva M, Uraji J, Ali ZE, Ammar OF, Liperis G, Serdarogullari M, Bianchi E, Pettitt J, Sermon K, Bhattacharya S, Massarotti C. #ESHREjc report: failed fertilization: is genetic incompatibility the elephant in the room? Hum Reprod 2023; 38:324-327. [PMID: 36583604 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- Sofia Makieva
- Kinderwunschzentrum, Klinik für Reproduktions-Endokrinologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Research & Development Department, Hertility Health Limited, London, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Hull York Medical School, York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, UK
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,DINOGMI Department, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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Sharma K, Uraji J, Ammar OF, Ali ZE, Liperis G, Modi D, Ojosnegros S, Shahbazi MN, Fraire-Zamora JJ. #ESHREjc report: renewing the old: novel stem cell research for unsolved ART problems. Hum Reprod 2022; 37:2224-2227. [PMID: 35881064 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Kashish Sharma
- ART Fertility Clinics LLC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- IVF Laboratory, MVZ TFP Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Research & Development Department, Hertility Health Limited, London, UK
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai, India
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- Bioengineering in Reproductive Health, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona 08028, Spain
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Liperis G, Sharma K, Ammar OF, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Martins da Silva S, Thomson A, Pini T, Mincheva M. #ESHREjc report: are sperm selection techniques a panacea? Indications for the use of physiological intracytoplasmic sperm injection (PICSI) in medically assisted reproduction. Hum Reprod 2022; 37:2492-2496. [PMID: 35962973 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- George Liperis
- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- ART Fertility Clinics LLC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Reproductive Medicine Research Group, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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- Centre for Reproduction and Gynaecology Wales, Llantrisant, UK
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia
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- Centre for Tumour Microenvironment, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Fraire-Zamora JJ, Serdarogullari M, Kohlhepp F, Sharma K, Popovic M, Pujol A, Liperis G. #ESHREjc report: Catch 22-is PGT a number game? Efficacy of PGT and the importance of counselling. Hum Reprod 2022; 37:625-627. [PMID: 34999822 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine Cyprus International University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, Turkey
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- Global Medical Affairs Fertility, Research and Development, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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- ART Fertility Clinics LLC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Centro de Infertilidad y Reproducción Humana (CIRH), Barcelona, Spain
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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Massarotti C, Uraji J, Ali ZE, Serdarogullari M, Makieva S, Liperis G, Kohlhepp F, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Ammar OF, Barratt C, Martins da Silva S, Mincheva M. #ESHREjc live edition report: 'the forgotten Y'-advanced paternal age from a global health perspective. Hum Reprod 2021; 37:195-197. [PMID: 34751767 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Claudia Massarotti
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI Dept.), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- IVF Laboratory, TFP Kinderwunschzentrum, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
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- Kinderwunschzentrum, Klinik für Reproduktions-Endokrinologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Global Medical Affairs Fertility, Research and Development, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Reproductive Medicine Research Group, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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- Reproductive Medicine Research Group, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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- Centre for Tumour Microenvironment, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Liperis G, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Makieva S, Massarotti C, Ali ZE, Kohlhepp F, Ammar OF, Mathur R, Venetis C, Fincham A, Serdarogullari M. #ESHREjc report: trick or treatment-evidence based use of add-ons in ART and patient perspectives. Hum Reprod 2021; 37:386-388. [PMID: 34865048 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- George Liperis
- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Kinderwunschzentrum, Klinik für Reproduktions-Endokrinologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI Dept.), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Global Medical Affairs Fertility, Research and Development, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Big Data Research in Health & School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Health & Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
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Fraire-Zamora JJ, Tosi S, Solon J, Casanova J. Control of hormone-driven organ disassembly by ECM remodeling and Yorkie-dependent apoptosis. Curr Biol 2021; 31:5261-5273.e4. [PMID: 34666006 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Epithelia grow and shape into functional structures during organogenesis. Although most of the focus on organogenesis has been drawn to the building of biological structures, the disassembly of pre-existing structures is also an important event to reach a functional adult organ. Examples of disassembly processes include the regression of the Müllerian or Wolffian ducts during gonad development and mammary gland involution during the post-lactational period in adult females. To date, it is unclear how organ disassembly is controlled at the cellular level. Here, we follow the Drosophila larval trachea through metamorphosis and show that its disassembly is a hormone-driven and precisely orchestrated process. It occurs in two phases: first, remodeling of the apical extracellular matrix (aECM), mediated by matrix metalloproteases and independent of the actomyosin cytoskeleton, results in a progressive shortening of the entire trachea and a nuclear-to-cytoplasmic relocalization of the Hippo effector Yorkie (Yki). Second, a decreased transcription of the Yki target, Diap1, in the posterior metameres and the activation of caspases result in the apoptotic loss of the posterior half of the trachea while the anterior half escapes cell death. Thus, our work unravels a mechanism by which hormone-driven ECM remodeling controls sequential tissue shortening and apoptotic cell removal through the transcriptional activity of Yki, leading to organ disassembly during animal development.
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- Juan J Fraire-Zamora
- Cell and Developmental Biology Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain; Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), Basque Excellence Research Centre, Barrio Sarriena, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona 08003, Spain; Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), Basque Excellence Research Centre, Barrio Sarriena, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain.
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Massarotti C, Kohlhepp F, Liperis G, Ammar OF, Mincheva MN, Ali ZE, Amorim CA, Anderson R, Fraire-Zamora JJ. #ESHREjc report: Is OTO-IVM the future fertility preservation alternative for urgent cancer patients? Hum Reprod 2021; 36:2631-2633. [PMID: 34352101 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Claudia Massarotti
- Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Global Medical Affairs Fertility, Research and Development, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Ar-Razi Hospital, Assisted Conception and Genetics Unit, Ramadi, Iraq
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- Centre for Tumor Microenvironment, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Pôle de Recherche en Gynécologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Makieva S, Massarotti C, Uraji J, Serdarogullari M, Fraire-Zamora JJ, Ali ZE, Liperis G, Vassena R, Wang R, Bortoletto P, Ammar OF. #ESHREjc report: ovarian stimulation practice after the OPTIMIST trial and evidence-based medicine. Hum Reprod 2021; 36:2808-2810. [PMID: 34293144 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Sofia Makieva
- Kinderwunschzentrum, Klinik für Reproduktions-Endokrinologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI Dept.), University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Westmead Fertility Centre, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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Fraire-Zamora JJ, Tran T, Cardullo RA. Cholesterol-enriched microdomains regulate pseudopod extension in the MSP-based cytoskeleton of amoeboid sperm. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012; 427:478-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.09.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Fraire-Zamora JJ, Broitman-Maduro G, Maduro M, Cardullo RA. Evidence for phosphorylation in the MSP cytoskeletal filaments of amoeboid spermatozoa. Int J Biochem Mol Biol 2011; 2:263-273. [PMID: 22003439 PMCID: PMC3193295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Nematode spermatozoa are highly specialized cells that lack flagella and, instead, extend a pseudopod to initiate motility. Crawling spermatozoa display classic features of amoeboid motility (e.g. protrusion of a pseudopod that attaches to the substrate and the assembly and disassembly of cytoskeletal filaments involved in cell traction and locomotion), however, cytoskeletal dynamics in these cells are powered exclusively by Major Sperm Protein (MSP) rather than actin and no other molecular motors have been identified. Thus, MSP-based motility is regarded as a simple locomotion machinery suitable for the study of plasma membrane protrusion and cell motility in general. This recent focus on MSP dynamics has increased the necessity of a standardized methodology to obtain C. elegans sperm extract that can be used in biochemical assays and proteomic analysis for comparative studies. In the present work we have modified a method to reproducibly obtain relative high amounts of proteins from C. elegans sperm extract. We show that these extracts share some of the properties observed in sperm extracts from the parasitic nematode Ascaris including Major Sperm Protein (MSP) precipitation and MSP fiber elongation. Using this method coupled to immunoblot detection, Mass Spectrometry identification, in silico prediction of functional domains and biochemical assays, our results indicate the presence of phosphorylation sites in MSP of Caenorhabditis elegans spermatozoa.
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Fraire-Zamora JJ, Cardullo RA. The physiological acquisition of amoeboid motility in nematode sperm: is the tail the only thing the sperm lost? Mol Reprod Dev 2010; 77:739-50. [PMID: 20803732 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nematode spermatozoa are highly specialized amoeboid cells that must acquire motility through the extension of a single pseudopod. Despite morphological and molecular differences with flagellated spermatozoa (including a non-actin-based cytoskeleton), nematode sperm must also respond to cues present in the female reproductive tract that render them motile, thereby allowing them to locate and fertilize the egg. The factors that trigger pseudopod extension in vivo are unknown, although current models suggest the activation through proteases acting on the sperm surface resulting in a myriad of biochemical, physiological, and morphological changes. Compelling evidence shows that pseudopod extension is under the regulation of physiological events also observed in other eukaryotic cells (including flagellated sperm) that involve membrane rearrangements in response to extracellular cues that initiate various signal transduction pathways. An integrative approach to the study of nonflagellated spermatozoa will shed light on the identification of unique and conserved processes during fertilization among different taxa.
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- Juan J Fraire-Zamora
- Department of Biology and the Graduate Program in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Human sperm are endowed with putative voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCC) that produce measurable increases in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in response to membrane depolarization with potassium. These channels are blocked by nickel, inactivate in 1–2 min in calcium-deprived medium, and are remarkably stimulated by NH4Cl, suggesting a role for intracellular pH (pHi). In a previous work, we showed that calcium permeability through these channels increases approximately onefold during in vitro “capacitation,” a calcium-dependent process that sperm require to fertilize eggs. In this work, we have determined the pHidependence of sperm VDCC. Simultaneous depolarization and pHialkalinization with NH4Cl induced an [Ca2+]iincrease that depended on the amount of NH4Cl added. VDCC stimulation as a function of pHishowed a sigmoid curve in the 6.6–7.2 pHirange, with a half-maximum stimulation at pH ∼7.00. At higher pHi(≥7.3), a further stimulation occurred. Calcium release from internal stores did not contribute to the stimulating effect of pHibecause the [Ca2+]iincrease induced by progesterone, which opens a calcium permeability pathway that does not involve gating of VDCC, was unaffected by ammonium. The ratio of pHi-stimulated-to-nonstimulated calcium influx was nearly constant at different test depolarization values. Likewise, depolarization-induced calcium influx in pHi-stimulated and nonstimulated cells was equally blocked by nickel. In our capacitating conditions pHiincreased 0.11 pH units, suggesting that the calcium influx stimulation observed during sperm capacitation might be partially caused by pHialkalinization. Additionally, a calcium permeability pathway triggered exclusively by pHialkalinization was detected.
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- Juan J Fraire-Zamora
- Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 04510, Apartado Postal 70-297 Mexico City, Mexico
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