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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Ovarian Aging: Molecular Mechanisms and Medical Management.

Jan Tesarik, Maribel Galán-Lázaro, Raquel Mendoza-Tesarik

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors.

Jan TesarikMARGen Clinic, 18006 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4645-5804
Maribel Galán-LázaroMARGen Clinic, 18006 Granada, Spain.
Raquel Mendoza-TesarikMARGen Clinic, 18006 Granada, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a short review of the basic molecular mechanisms of ovarian aging, written with a particular focus on the use of this data to improve the diagnostic and therapeutic protocols both for women affected by physiological (age-related) ovarian decay and for those suffering premature ovarian insufficiency. Ovarian aging has a genetic basis that conditions the ovarian activity via a plethora of cell-signaling pathways that control the functions of different types of cells in the ovary. There are various factors that can influence these pathways so as to reduce their efficiency. Oxidative stress, often related to mitochondrial dysfunction, leading to the apoptosis of ovarian cells, can be at the origin of vicious circles in which the primary cause feeds back other abnormalities, resulting in an overall decline in the ovarian activity and in the quantity and quality of oocytes. The correct diagnosis of the molecular mechanisms involved in ovarian aging can serve to design treatment strategies that can slow down ovarian decay and increase the quantity and quality of oocytes that can be obtained for an in vitro fertilization attempt. The available treatment options include the use of antioxidants, melatonin, growth hormones, and mitochondrial therapies. All of these treatments have to be considered in the context of each couple's history and current clinical condition, and a customized (patient-tailored) treatment protocol is to be elaborated.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsApoptosisDisease ManagementFemaleHumansMitochondriaMutationOvaryOxidative StressPrimary Ovarian Insufficiencyage-related ovarian decayapoptosisgenetics of ovarian aginggrowth hormonemelatoninmitochondrial functionmitochondrial therapyovarian agingoxidative stresspremature ovarian insufficiencysignaling pathways in ovarian aging

Identifiers

PMID33573050
PMCPMC7866420
OpenAlexW3128819390

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