Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-02-20DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2023.2179896
Miaomiao Jia, Xia Xue
{"title":"Higher chromosomal abnormality rate in blastocysts from a subset of patients with pericentric inversion (Inv) 1 variant.","authors":"Miaomiao Jia, Xia Xue","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2179896","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2179896","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of unbalanced chromosome rearrangement in blastocyst-stage embryos from carriers of pericentric inversion of chromosome 1 (PEI-1). A total of 98 embryos from 22 PEI-1 carriers were tested for unbalanced rearrangements, originating from inversion carriers, and overall aneuploidy. Logistic regression analysis indicated that the ratio of inverted segment size to chromosome length was a statistically significant risk factor for unbalanced chromosome rearrangement from PEI-1 carriers (<i>p</i> = 0.003). The optimal cut-off values to predict the risk of unbalanced chromosome rearrangement was 36%, with the incidence being 2.0% in the <36% group and 32.7% in the ≥36% group. The unbalanced embryo rate was 24.4% in male carriers compared to 12.3% in female carriers. Inter-chromosomal effect analysis was performed using 98 blastocysts from PEI-1 carriers and 116 blastocysts from age-matched controls. PEI-1 carriers had similar sporadic aneuploidy rates compared to those of age-matched controls at 32.7 vs. 31.9%, respectively. In conclusion, the risk of unbalanced chromosome rearrangement is affected by inverted segment size in PEI-1 carriers.</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":" ","pages":"1307-1312"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10757878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-09-06DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2023.2251679
Asma Braham, Houda Ghedir, Myriam Beya Ben Khedher, Mounir Ajina, Ali Saad, Samira Ibala-Romdhane
{"title":"Nuclear sperm integrity and ICSI prognosis in Tunisian patients with MMAF syndrome (multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella).","authors":"Asma Braham, Houda Ghedir, Myriam Beya Ben Khedher, Mounir Ajina, Ali Saad, Samira Ibala-Romdhane","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2251679","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2251679","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella (MMAF) is a severe form of teratozoospermia associated with several sperm flagellar abnormalities. The study included 52 patients with MMAF syndrome and a control group of 25 fertile men. The impact of nuclear sperm quality on intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) results was studied in 20 couples. TUNEL assay was used to assess sperm DNA fragmentation and aniline-blue staining was used to assess chromatin condensation. To investigate chromosomal meiotic segregation, we used fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Semen morphology analysis revealed a mosaic of multiple flagella morphological abnormalities, including 46.73% short flagella, 16.22% bent flagella, 22.07% coiled flagella, and 10.90% absent flagella, all of which were associated with a high percentage of sperm head abnormalities. The mean DNA fragmentation index was substantially higher in patients compared to controls (<i>p</i> = 0.001), whereas the rate of aniline blue-reacted spermatozoa was not significantly different. There was a significant difference in aneuploidy frequencies between the two groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Infertile males with MMAF syndrome had lower sperm nuclear quality, which affected ICSI results. As a result, better sperm selection procedures are being employed to increase the success rate of assisted reproductive technologies (ART).</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":" ","pages":"1429-1438"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10153547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2022-03-21DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2022.2045636
Huaibin Wang, Zhao Liu, Lijun Meng, Xiujun Zhang
{"title":"Comprehensive bioinformation analysis of differentially expressed genes in recurrent pregnancy loss.","authors":"Huaibin Wang, Zhao Liu, Lijun Meng, Xiujun Zhang","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2022.2045636","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2022.2045636","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) occurs frequently, and its causes are complex. The aetiology of nearly 50% of RPL cases is still unknown. This study aimed to ascertain differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and pathways by comprehensive bioinformatics analysis. We downloaded the gene expression microarray of GSE165004 from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). Gene ontology (GO) analysis and Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Gene and Genome (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses were performed on selected genes by using the R Programming Language. A protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed with the Retrieval of Interacting Genes (STRING). Our analysis revealed that 1,869 genes were differentially expressed in RPL and control groups. GO analysis revealed that the interferon type 1 and the glycoprotein-related biological processes played irreplaceable roles, meanwhile KEGG enrichment analysis also revealed that the cAMP signalling pathway and the prolactin signalling pathway played important roles. In the following study, we found that there were many DEGs in the RPL group that were closely related to endometrial decidualization, such as IL17RD, IL16, SOX4, CREBBP, and POFUT1 as well as Notch1 and RBPJ in the Notch signalling pathway family were down-regulated in the RPL group. The results provided valuable information on the pathogenesis of RPL.</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":"1 1","pages":"1015-1022"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43557052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2021-12-17DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2021.2017025
Amir Lass, Geffen Lass
{"title":"Inequalities in assisted reproduction technology utilisation between the G20 countries.","authors":"Amir Lass, Geffen Lass","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2021.2017025","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2021.2017025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Large global inequalities in assisted reproduction technology (ART) utilisation have existed ever since the introduction of ART. The reasons for these inequalities are multifactorial and include national wealth and affordability, pronatalist policies, regulatory differences in provision, and sociocultural components such as racial, gender and educational inequalities. Examining ART utilisation across the largest world economies (G20 countries) in 2016 (the most recent year with publically available data) reveals significant inequality, which is highly correlated to gross domestic product per capita, a measure of national wealth, and to provision of government funding and/or insurance coverage for <i>in vitro</i> fertilisation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection. A strong negative correlation with the Gender Inequality Index is also noted. The gap in ART utilisation rate will only begin to close once the majority of nations introduce more affordable ART treatment, instigate pronatalist policies, and implement changes in education, attitudes and behaviours to minimise racial and gender inequalities; however, achieving all of these changes may be a very difficult target to attain for many poorer economies, regardless of their size.</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":" ","pages":"1374-1379"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39731534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2024-01-24DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2023.2285937
Xiaoxiao Guo, Hao Zhan, Xianghui Zhang, Yiwei Pang, Huishu Xu, Baolin Zhang, Kaixue Lao, Peihui Ding, Yanlin Wang, Lei Han
{"title":"Predictive models for starting dose of gonadotropin in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation: review and progress update.","authors":"Xiaoxiao Guo, Hao Zhan, Xianghui Zhang, Yiwei Pang, Huishu Xu, Baolin Zhang, Kaixue Lao, Peihui Ding, Yanlin Wang, Lei Han","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2285937","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2285937","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) is an essential for in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) and an important aspect of assisted reproductive technology (ART). Individual starting doses of gonadotropin (Gn) is a critical decision in the process of COH. It has a crucial impact on the number of retrieved oocytes, the cancelling rate of ART cycles, and complications such as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), as well as pregnancy outcomes. How to make clinical team more standardized and accurate in determining the starting dose of Gn is an important issue in reproductive medicine. In the past 20 years, research teams worldwide have explored prediction models for Gn starting doses. With the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning, it is hoped that there will be more suitable predictive model for Gn starting dose in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":" ","pages":"1609-1616"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138459595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-05-02DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2023.2200980
Amnuay Kleebayoon, Viroj Wiwanitkit
{"title":"Response to Hasdemir et al. (2023) COVID-19 vaccinations on menstrual cycle and serum anti-Mullerian hormone levels.","authors":"Amnuay Kleebayoon, Viroj Wiwanitkit","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2200980","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2200980","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":" ","pages":"1636"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9394479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-01-23DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2022.2145242
Leah Gilman, Petra Nordqvist
{"title":"The case for reframing known donation.","authors":"Leah Gilman, Petra Nordqvist","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2022.2145242","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2022.2145242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Contemporary UK egg and sperm donation exists in two predominant forms: (i) clinic-based, identity-release donation; and (ii) known donation, which can take place either inside or outside of the clinic context. Regulatory and clinical discussions of the latter currently focus, almost exclusively, on risk whereas identity-release is widely presented as the default route for both donors and recipients. Consequently, there is little support available for those potential donors and recipient parents who might prefer a known donor arrangement. In this commentary, we reflect on our sociological research with donors and parents through donor conception and argue that there are a number of reasons why known donation may, in some contexts, offer advantages over identity-release donation. Whilst this research also demonstrates that there can be challenges involved in known donation, these are not inevitable nor are challenges absent from identity-release routes. It is timely and important to question whether the current de-valuing of known donation compared with identity-release donation holds up to academic scrutiny. We argue for a more balanced approach in which the benefits and challenges of <i>both</i> known and identity-release routes are discussed with donors and recipients and for increased support for known donation in clinics and by regulatory bodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":" ","pages":"1385-1392"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9127231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2023.2200979
Alessandro Bartolacci, Miriam dell'Aquila, Giovanni Coticchio, Giulia Intra, Federica Parodi, Gilda Patria, Carlotta Zacà, Andrea Borini
{"title":"Endometriosis affects the number of retrieved oocytes but not early embryonic development and live birth: a retrospective analysis of 716 IVF cycles.","authors":"Alessandro Bartolacci, Miriam dell'Aquila, Giovanni Coticchio, Giulia Intra, Federica Parodi, Gilda Patria, Carlotta Zacà, Andrea Borini","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2200979","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2200979","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To investigate the potential effect of endometriosis on embryo development and clinical outcomes, a retrospective analysis of 716 women undergoing their first standard in vitro fertilization (sIVF) cycles (205 endometriosis and 511 with tubal factor infertility) was performed. The endometriosis group included women with an ultrasonographic or surgical diagnosis. Control subjects were women diagnosed with tubal factor infertility by laparoscopy or hysterosalpingogram. The primary outcome of the study was live birth. Cumulative live birth was also assessed in a subgroups analysis. After adjusting for confounders we found no significant difference in fertilization rate, blastulation, top-quality blastocyst, live birth, cumulative live birth (subgroups analysis) and miscarriage rate. In the endometriosis group, the number of retrieved oocytes was smaller (6.94 ± 4.06 <i>Vs</i> 7.50 ± 4.6, adjusted p < 0.05). We observed a statistically significant difference in the percentage of day-3 embryos with ≥8 blastomeres (33.12 ± 22.72 endometriosis <i>vs,</i> 40.77 ± 27.62 tubal factor, adjusted p < 0.01) and a negative correlation between the presence of endometriomas and a number of retrieved oocytes [B coefficient =-1.41, 95%CI (-2.31-0.51), adjusted p = 0.002]. Our results suggest that endometriosis affects the number of retrieved oocytes but not embryo development and live birth.</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":" ","pages":"1469-1476"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9461630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-05-16DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2023.2212846
Matteo Galea, Mark R Brincat, Jean Calleja-Agius
{"title":"A review of the pathophysiology and evidence-based management of varicoceles and pelvic congestion syndrome.","authors":"Matteo Galea, Mark R Brincat, Jean Calleja-Agius","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2212846","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2212846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) in females and varicoceles in males may be regarded as closely related conditions since the main pathophysiological cause for both processes is pelvic venous insufficiency. Varicoceles are more prevalent amongst sub-fertile males, with an approximate incidence of 15% in the general male population. PCS is commonly diagnosed amongst premenopausal multiparous women, representing one of the leading causes of chronic pelvic pain. Both conditions appear to be predominantly left-sided and are associated with oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory cascades with subsequent effects on fertility. Clinical examination and pelvic ultrasonography play an essential role in the assessment of varicoceles, PCS and chronic pelvic pain. Venography is generally considered as a gold-standard procedure for both conditions. There is still much debate on how these conditions should be managed. This review article provides a comparative analysis of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of both PCS and varicoceles, their impact on fertility, as well as their clinical management.</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":" ","pages":"1597-1608"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9470149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FertilityPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-12-21DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2023.2278920
Mark Hamilton, Abha Maheshwari
{"title":"Allan Pacey: Thank you from <i>Human Fertility</i> and the BFS.","authors":"Mark Hamilton, Abha Maheshwari","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2278920","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14647273.2023.2278920","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":"26 5","pages":"901-902"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138827096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}