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ArticleReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2023

Arrested Cells/Cellular Debris Expelled from Blastocysts Is Self-Correction Phenomenon During Early Embryonic Development.

Xiaoxia Wang, Jing Zhao, Zhongyuan Yao, Qiuping Xia, Tianli Chang, Jun Zeng, Jiaqi Liu, Yanping Li, Huimin Zhu

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Article in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Xiaoxia Wang *Department of Reproductive Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Jing Zhao *Department of Reproductive Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Zhongyuan Yao *Department of Reproductive Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Qiuping XiaDepartment of Reproductive Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Tianli ChangDepartment of Reproductive Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Jun ZengDepartment of Reproductive Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Jiaqi LiuYikon Genomics Company, Ltd, No.218, Xinghu Street, Suzhou, 215000, China.
Yanping LiDepartment of Reproductive Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Huimin ZhuCenter for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410000, Hunan, China. zhuhuimin@sklmg.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7951-321X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arrested cells/ cellular debris is component left in the zona pellucida after blastocyst hatching. To identify whether expelling arrested cells/cellular debris from blastocysts is a process of human embryo self-correction by eliminating abnormal cells, 21 pairs of trophectoderm (TE) biopsies and the corresponding arrested cells/cellular debris expelled from the blastocysts from July to December 2020 were collected and analyzed using next-generation sequencing (NGS). Then, the NGS results of TE biopsies and the corresponding arrested cells/cellular debris were compared. We identified that 47.6% of blastocysts (10/21) were aneuploidies and mosaicism. A total of 18 groups of arrested cells/cellular debris (85.7%) expelled from blastocysts were abnormal, including nine aneuploid embryos and nine euploid embryos. In the arrested cells/cellular debris, all the chromosomes were affected. In conclusion, mosaicism and aneuploidies are common features of early embryonic development, and the arrested cells/cellular debris expelled from blastocysts provides evidence of early embryonic self-correction.

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Preimplantation DiagnosisAneuploidyBlastocystEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleGenetic TestingHumansMosaicismPregnancyAneuploidyArrested cells/cellular debrisEmbryonic self-correctionMosaicismTrophectoderm biopsy

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PMCPMC10310642

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