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ReviewJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2022

The process of ovarian aging: it is not just about oocytes and granulosa cells.

Antonella Camaioni, Maria Assunta Ucci, Luisa Campagnolo, Massimo De Felici, Francesca Gioia Klinger, Italian Society of Embryology, Reproduction and Research (SIERR)

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Review in Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.4field-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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The role of mTOR signaling in regulating the quality of mammalian oocytes.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2026
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  12. NMN Can Restore Ovarian Reserve in Aged Mice by Upregulating NADReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonella CamaioniDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Histology and Embryology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Maria Assunta UcciDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Histology and Embryology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Luisa CampagnoloDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Histology and Embryology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Massimo De FeliciDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Histology and Embryology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Francesca Gioia KlingerSaint Camillus International, University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy. francesca.klinger@unicamillus.org.
Italian Society of Embryology, Reproduction and Research (SIERR)
University of Rome Tor Vergata · ITSaint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ovarian age is classically considered the main cause of female reproductive infertility. In women, the process proceeds as an ongoing decline in the primordial follicle stockpile and it is associated with reduced fertility in the mid-thirties, irregular menstruation from the mid-forties, cessation of fertility, and, eventually, menopause in the early fifties. Reproductive aging is historically associated with changes in oocyte quantity and quality. However, besides the oocyte, other cellular as well as environmental factors have been the focus of more recent investigations suggesting that ovarian decay is a complex and multifaceted process. Among these factors, we will consider mitochondria and oxidative stress as related to nutrition, changes in extracellular matrix molecules, and the associated ovarian stromal compartment where immune cells of both the native and adaptive systems seem to play an important role. Understanding such processes is crucial to design treatment strategies to  slow down ovarian aging and consequently prolong reproductive lifespan and, more to this, alleviaingt side effects of menopause on the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and nervous systems.

Indexed as

Infertility, FemaleOocytesAgingFemaleGranulosa CellsHumansOvarian FollicleOvaryAgingExtracellular matrixFollicular dynamicImmune cellsInflammationMacrophagesMatrisomeMitochondriaOvaryOxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID35352316
PMCPMC9051003
OpenAlexW4220669837

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