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ArticleOncotarget2017

Sperm-carried RNAs play critical roles in mouse embryonic development.

Lei Guo, Shi-Bin Chao, Lu Xiao, Zhen-Bo Wang, Tie-Gang Meng, Yuan-Yuan Li, Zhi-Ming Han, Ying-Chun Ouyang, Yi Hou, Qing-Yuan Sun and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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43 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Lei Guo *Center for Reproductive Medicine, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, PR China.
Shi-Bin Chao *State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
Lu XiaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China.
Zhen-Bo WangState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
Tie-Gang MengState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
Yuan-Yuan LiState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
Zhi-Ming HanState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
Ying-Chun OuyangState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
Yi HouState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
Qing-Yuan SunState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
Xiang-Hong OuCenter for Reproductive Medicine, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, PR China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, numerous studies have reported that the mature sperm contains both coding and non-coding RNAs and the sperm delivers some RNAs to the oocyte at fertilization. However, the functions of the RNAs carried to the oocyte by sperm at fertilization in embryonic development remains a mystery. In this study, the mature spermatozoa were treated with lysolecithin, pronase and RNases (RNase A and RNase H) to remove the sperm-carried RNAs, and then injected into normal mature oocyte. The results showed that after the treatment, the content of the sperm RNAs was decreased by about 90%. The blastocyst formation rate and the live birth rate of the embryos from intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) using the treated sperm were significantly decreased (

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blastocyst formationintracytoplasmic sperm injectionoffspringRNasesperm RNA

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PMID28978041
PMCPMC5620181

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