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ReviewFacts, views & vision in ObGyn2017

Mitochondria in oocyte aging: current understanding.

D Zhang, D Keilty, Z F Zhang, R C Chian

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Review in Facts, views & vision in ObGyn, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D ZhangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. of China.
D KeiltyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Z F ZhangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. of China.
R C ChianState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. of China.
McGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oocyte is the largest cell found in multicellular organisms. Mitochondria, as the energy factories for cells, are found in high numbers in oocytes, as they provide the energy for oocyte maturation, fertilization, and embryo formation via oxidative phosphorylation. Failure of assisted reproduction is mainly attributed to oocyte aging and increased aneuploidy. As the most numerous organelle in the oocyte, the mitochondrion has been confirmed as a crucial player in the process of oocyte aging, which is highly influenced by mitochondrion dysfunction. Every mitochondrion contains one or more mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule, which, at about 16.5 KD in length, encodes 13 proteins. In this review, we discuss the function of mitochondria and the relationship between mtDNA and oocyte aging. We also discuss technologies that aim to enhance oocyte developmental potential and delay ovarian aging.

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agingembryomitochondriamtDNAOocyte

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PMID28721182
PMCPMC5506767
OpenAlexW2990102003

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