pre-implantation-genetic-testing-for-aneuploidy-on-semiconductor

Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy on a Semiconductor Based Next-Generation Sequencing Platform

Next-generation sequencing has gained increasing importance in the clinical application in the determination of genetic variants. In the pre-implantation ...

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases Research

To compare the pituitary down-regulatory effects of the two gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists Alarelin and Triptorelin in the long protocol of ovulation induction in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET).

[Comparison of Alarelin and Triptorelin in the long-protocol ovulation induction in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer].

Podophyllotoxin is used as medical cream which is widely applied to genital warts and molluscum contagiosum. Although previous study showed that podophyllotoxin had minimal toxicity, it was forbidden to use during pregnancy since it might be toxic to the embryos. In present study we used mouse as the model and tried to examine whether podophyllotoxin exposure was toxic to oocyte maturation, which further affected embryo development. Our results showed that podophyllotoxin exposure inhibited mouse oocyte maturation, showing with the failure of polar body extrusion, and the inhibitory effects of podophyllotoxin on oocytes was dose-depended. Further studies showed that the meiotic spindle formation was disturbed, the chromosomes were misaligned and the fluorescence signal of microtubule was decreased, indicating that podophyllotoxin may affect microtubule dynamics for spindle organization. Moreover, the oocytes which reached metaphase II under podophyllotoxin exposure also showed aberrant spindle morphology and chromosome misalignment, and the embryos generated from these oocytes showed low developmental competence. We also found that the localization of p44/42 MAPK and gamma-tubulin was disrupted, which further confirmed the effects of podophyllotoxin on meiotic spindle formation. In all, our results indicated that podophyllotoxin exposure could affect mouse oocyte maturation by disturbing microtubule dynamics and meiotic spindle formation.

Exposure to podophyllotoxin inhibits oocyte meiosis by disturbing meiotic spindle formation.

The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare the perinatal outcomes between the vitrified-warmed day 5 blastocyst transfer (BT) and the vitrified-warmed day 6 blastocyst transfer (BT).

Jinliang Duan

Centre for Women,
Children,
and Reproduction,
Centre for Women, Children, and Reproduction

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases Research

Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy on a Semiconductor Based Next-Generation Sequencing Platform

Jinliang Duan

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Guangxi Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases Research

Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy on a Semiconductor Based Next-Generation Sequencing Platform

Centre for Women,
Children,
and Reproduction,
Centre for Women, Children, and Reproduction