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ArticleScientific reports2017

Micro-ribonucleic acids and extracellular vesicles repertoire in the spent culture media is altered in women undergoing In Vitro Fertilization.

Masood Abu-Halima, Sebastian Häusler, Christina Backes, Tobias Fehlmann, Claudia Staib, Sigrun Nestel, Irina Nazarenko, Eckart Meese, Andreas Keller

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Masood Abu-HalimaInstitute of Human Genetics, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany. masood@daad-alumni.de.
Sebastian HäuslerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Würzburg, School of Medicine, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
Christina BackesChair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Tobias FehlmannChair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1967-2918
Claudia StaibDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Würzburg, School of Medicine, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
Sigrun NestelInstitute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, 79085, Freiburg, Germany.
Irina NazarenkoAG Exosomes and Tumor biology, 79085, Freiburg, Germany.
Eckart MeeseInstitute of Human Genetics, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Andreas KellerChair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5361-0895
Saarland University · DEUniversity of Würzburg · DEInstitute of Human Genetics · PLUniversity of Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are class of small RNA molecules with major impact on gene regulation. We analyzed the potential of miRNAs secreted from pre-implantation embryos into the embryonic culture media as biomarkers to predict successful pregnancy. Using microarray analysis, we profiled the miRNome of the 56 spent culture media (SCM) after embryos transfer and found a total of 621 miRNAs in the SCM. On average, we detected 163 miRNAs in SCM of samples with failed pregnancies, but only 149 SCM miRNAs of embryos leading to pregnancies. MiR-634 predicted an embryo transfer leading to a positive pregnancy with an accuracy of 71% and a sensitivity of 85%. Among the 621 miRNAs, 102 (16.4%) showed a differential expression between positive and negative outcome of pregnancy with miR-29c-3p as the most significantly differentially expressed miRNA. The number of extracellular vehicles was lower in SCM with positive outcomes (3.8 × 10

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AdultCulture MediaEmbryo, MammalianEmbryo TransferExtracellular VesiclesFemaleFertilization in VitroGene Regulatory NetworksHumansMicroRNAsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPregnancyReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionCulture MediaMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID29051527
PMCPMC5648749
OpenAlexW2763728939

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