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ReviewJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2021

Cell-free DNA discoveries in human reproductive medicine: providing a new tool for biomarker and genetic assays in ART.

Maryam Qasemi, Reza Mahdian, Fardin Amidi

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Review in Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Maryam QasemiDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reza MahdianMolecular Medicine Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Fardin AmidiDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Famidi@tums.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1165-5232

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-free DNAs (cfDNAs) are fragmented forms of DNA that are released into extracellular environments. Analyzing them, regarding either concentration or genetic/epigenetic status can provide helpful information about disorders, response to treatments, estimation of success rates, etc. Moreover, since they are presented in body fluids, evaluation of the aforementioned items would be achieved by less/non-invasive methods. In human reproduction field, it is required to have biomarkers for prediction of assisted reproduction techniques (ART) outcome, as well as some non-invasive procedures for genetic/epigenetic assessments. cfDNA is an appropriate candidate for providing the both approaches in ART. Recently, scientists attempted to investigate its application in distinct fields of reproductive medicine that resulted in discovering its applicability for biomarker and genetic/epigenetic analyses. However, due to some limitations, it has not reached to clinical administration yet. In this article, we have reviewed the current reported data with respect to advantages and limitations of cfDNA utilization in three fields of ART, reproduction of male and female, as well as in vitro developed embryos.

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Reproductive Techniques, AssistedBiomarkersCell-Free Nucleic AcidsFertilization in VitroHumansReproductionReproductive MedicineBiomarkersCell-Free Nucleic AcidsAssisted reproductive techniquesBiomarkerCell-free DNAGenetic/epigeneticReproduction

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PMID33421023
PMCPMC7884523

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