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ReviewOncotarget2017

Nanoparticles and female reproductive system: how do nanoparticles affect oogenesis and embryonic development.

Cong-Cong Hou, Jun-Quan Zhu

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Review in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. Emerging nanoplatforms towards microenvironment-responsive glioma therapy.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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  8. Green Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles UsingNanotechnology, science and applications · 2025
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  14. TiJournal of nanobiotechnology · 2024
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  15. Comparable Toxicity of Surface-Modified TiOAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  17. How Do Environmental Toxicants Affect Oocyte Maturation Via Oxidative Stress?Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cong-Cong HouCollege of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Jun-Quan ZhuCollege of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Ningbo University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Along with the increasing application of nanoparticles (NPs) in many walks of life, environmental exposure to NPs has raised considerable health concerns. When NPs enter a pregnant woman's body through inhalation, venous injection, ingestion or skin permeation, maternal toxic stress reactions such as reactive oxygen species (ROS), inflammation, apoptosis and endocrine dyscrasia are induced in different organs, particularly in the reproductive organs. Recent studies have shown that NPs disturb the developing oocyte by invading the protective barrier of theca cells, granulosa cell layers and zona pellucida. NPs disrupt sex hormone levels through the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis or by direct stimulation of secretory cells, such as granule cells, follicle cells, thecal cells and the corpus luteum. Some NPs can cross the placenta into the fetus by passive diffusion or endocytosis, which can trigger fetal inflammation, apoptosis, genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, low weight, reproductive deficiency, nervous damage, and immunodeficiency, among others. The toxicity of these NPs depend on their size, dosage, shape, charge, material and surface-coating. We summarize new findings on the toxic effect of various NPs on the ovary and on oogenesis and embryonic development. Meanwhile, we highlight the problems that need to be studied in the future. This manuscript will also provide valuable guidelines for protecting the female reproductive system from the toxicity of NPs and provide a certain reference value for NP application in the area of ovarian diseases.

Indexed as

embryonic developmentinflammationnanoparticlesoogenesistoxicology

Identifiers

PMID29312650
PMCPMC5752563
OpenAlexW2728557398

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