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Observational studyAging2020

Ovarian aging increases small extracellular vesicle CD81

Rosalia Battaglia, Paolo Musumeci, Marco Ragusa, Davide Barbagallo, Marina Scalia, Massimo Zimbone, Josè Maria Lo Faro, Placido Borzì, Paolo Scollo, Michele Purrello and 2 more

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Observational study in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Unlocking Implantation: The Role of Nitric Oxide, NOInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. Clinical Applications of Extracellular Vesicles: Promises and Pitfalls.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. The Influence of Ovarian-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Reproduction.Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology · 2026
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  11. Membrane Charge Drives the Aggregation of TDP-43 Pathological Fragments.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Rosalia BattagliaDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy.
Paolo MusumeciDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy.
Marco RagusaDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy.
Davide BarbagalloDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy.
Marina ScaliaDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy.
Massimo ZimboneCNR-IMM, Catania 95123, Italy.
Josè Maria Lo FaroDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy.
Placido BorzìIVF Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania 95126, Italy.
Paolo ScolloIVF Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania 95126, Italy.
Michele PurrelloDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy.
Elena Maria VentoIVF Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania 95126, Italy.
Cinzia Di PietroDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy.
University of Catania · ITOspedale Cannizzaro · ITInstitute for Chemical and Physical Processes · ITInstitute for Microelectronics and Microsystems · ITOasi Maria SS · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ovarian aging affects female reproductive potential and is characterized by alterations in proteins, mRNAs and non-coding RNAs inside the ovarian follicle. Ovarian somatic cells and the oocyte communicate with each other secreting different molecules into the follicular fluid, by extracellular vesicles. The cargo of follicular fluid vesicles may influence female reproductive ability; accordingly, analysis of extracellular vesicle content could provide information about the quality of the female germ cell.In order to identify the most significant deregulated microRNAs in reproductive aging, we quantified the small extracellular vesicles in human follicular fluid from older and younger women and analyzed the expression of microRNAs enclosed inside the vesicles. We found twice as many small extracellular vesicles in the follicular fluid from older women and several differentially expressed microRNAs. Correlating microRNA expression profiles with vesicle number, we selected 46 deregulated microRNAs associated with aging. Bioinformatic analyses allowed us to identify six miRNAs involved in TP53 signaling pathways. Specifically, miR-16-5p, miR214-3p and miR-449a were downregulated and miR-125b, miR-155-5p and miR-372 were upregulated, influencing vesicle release, oocyte maturation and stress response. We believe that this approach allowed us to identify a battery of microRNAs strictly related to female reproductive aging.

Indexed as

AdultAgingComputational BiologyExtracellular VesiclesFemaleFollicular FluidGene Expression ProfilingHumansInfertility, MaleMaleMicroRNAsMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningOvarian FollicleReproductionSperm Injections, IntracytoplasmicTetraspanin 28CD81 protein, humanMicroRNAsTetraspanin 28extracellular vesiclesfollicular fluidmicroRNAsreproductive aging

Identifiers

PMID32554857
PMCPMC7343446
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