[HTML][HTML] Obesity and female infertility: potential mediators of obesity's impact

DE Broughton, KH Moley - Fertility and sterility, 2017 - Elsevier
The worldwide upward trend in obesity has been dramatic, now affecting more than 20% of
American women of reproductive age. Obesity is associated with many adverse maternal …

Metabolic co-dependence of the oocyte and cumulus cells: essential role in determining oocyte developmental competence

D Richani, KR Dunning, JG Thompson… - Human reproduction …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Within the antral follicle, the oocyte is reliant on metabolic support from its
surrounding somatic cells. Metabolism plays a critical role in oocyte developmental …

[HTML][HTML] Oocyte environment: follicular fluid and cumulus cells are critical for oocyte health

DA Dumesic, DR Meldrum, MG Katz-Jaffe, RL Krisher… - Fertility and sterility, 2015 - Elsevier
Bidirectional somatic cell–oocyte signaling is essential to create a changing intrafollicular
microenvironment that controls primordial follicle growth into a cohort of growing follicles …

Obesity induces ovarian inflammation and reduces oocyte quality

AP Snider, JR Wood - Reproduction, 2019 - rep.bioscientifica.com
In the United States, 36.5% of women between the ages of 20 and 39 years are obese. This
obesity results in not only metabolic disorders including type II diabetes and cardiovascular …

Lipids and oocyte developmental competence: the role of fatty acids and β-oxidation

KR Dunning, DL Russell, RL Robker - Reproduction, 2014 - research.monash.edu
Metabolism and ATP levels within the oocyte and adjacent cumulus cells are associated
with quality of oocyte and optimal development of a healthy embryo. Lipid metabolism …

Influence of follicular fluid and cumulus cells on oocyte quality: clinical implications

MG Da Broi, VSI Giorgi, F Wang, DL Keefe… - Journal of assisted …, 2018 - Springer
An equilibrium needs to be established by the cellular and acellular components of the
ovarian follicle if developmental competence is to be acquired by the oocyte. Both cumulus …

Parenting from before conception

M Lane, RL Robker, SA Robertson - science, 2014 - science.org
At fertilization, the gametes endow the embryo with a genomic blueprint, the integrity of
which is affected by the age and environmental exposures of both parents. Recent studies …

High fat diet induced developmental defects in the mouse: oocyte meiotic aneuploidy and fetal growth retardation/brain defects

KM Luzzo, Q Wang, SH Purcell, M Chi, PT Jimenez… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Maternal obesity is associated with poor outcomes across the reproductive
spectrum including infertility, increased time to pregnancy, early pregnancy loss, fetal loss …

Human female meiosis revised: new insights into the mechanisms of chromosome segregation and aneuploidies from advanced genomics and time-lapse imaging

A Capalbo, ER Hoffmann, D Cimadomo… - Human reproduction …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The unbalanced transmission of chromosomes in human
gametes and early preimplantation embryos causes aneuploidy, which is a major cause of …

[PDF][PDF] Mitochondria and lipid metabolism in mammalian oocytes and early embryos

J Bradley, K Swann - International Journal of Developmental Biology, 2019 - core.ac.uk
Mammalian oocytes and early cleavage-stage embryos are critically dependent on their~
100,000 mitochondria to develop from ovulation to compacted morula stage. They rely …