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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2023

Rapid and non-invasive diagnostic techniques for embryonic developmental potential: a metabolomic analysis based on Raman spectroscopy to identify the pregnancy outcomes of IVF-ET.

Hui Meng, Shan Huang, Feiyang Diao, Chao Gao, Jun Zhang, Lingyin Kong, Yan Gao, Chunyan Jiang, Lianju Qin, Ying Chen and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui MengState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Shan HuangBasecare Medical Device Co., Ltd., Suzhou, China.
Feiyang DiaoState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chao GaoState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jun ZhangBasecare Medical Device Co., Ltd., Suzhou, China.
Lingyin KongBasecare Medical Device Co., Ltd., Suzhou, China.
Yan GaoState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chunyan JiangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Lianju QinState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Ying ChenState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Mengna XuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Li GaoState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Bo LiangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Yanqiu HuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The non-invasive and rapid assessment of the developmental potential of embryos is of great clinical importance in assisted reproductive technology (ART). In this retrospective study, we analyzed the metabolomics of 107 samples provided by volunteers and utilized Raman spectroscopy to detect the substance composition in the discarded culture medium of 53 embryos resulting in successful pregnancies and 54 embryos that did not result in pregnancy after implantation. The culture medium from D3 cleavage-stage embryos was collected after transplantation and a total of 535 (107 × 5) original Raman spectra were obtained. By combining several machine learning methods, we predicted the developmental potential of embryos, and the principal component analysis-convolutional neural network (PCA-CNN) model achieved an accuracy rate of 71.5%. Furthermore, the chemometric algorithm was used to analyze seven amino acid metabolites in the culture medium, and the data showed significant differences in tyrosine, tryptophan, and serine between the pregnancy and non-pregnancy groups. The results suggest that Raman spectroscopy, as a non-invasive and rapid molecular fingerprint detection technology, shows potential for clinical application in assisted reproduction.

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machine learning algorithmnon-invasive diagnostic techniquespregnancy outcomesRaman spectroscopyrelative quantitative analysis

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