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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Detection of zeb1 Gene in Granulosa Cells in Women Undergoing IVF Treatment.

Ioannis Chrysanthopoulos, Despoina Mavrogianni, Eirini Drakaki, Anastasios Potiris, Athanasios Zikopoulos, Athanasios Zachariou, Ekaterini Domali, Peter Drakakis, Sofoklis Stavros

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ioannis ChrysanthopoulosFirst Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 28 Athens, Greece.
Despoina MavrogianniFirst Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 28 Athens, Greece.
Eirini DrakakiFirst Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 28 Athens, Greece.
Anastasios PotirisThird Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University General Hospital "ATTIKON", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7716-1521
Athanasios ZikopoulosDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, Truro TR1 3LQ, UK.
Athanasios ZachariouLaboratory of Spermatology, Department of Urology, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5287-4450
Ekaterini DomaliFirst Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 28 Athens, Greece.
Peter DrakakisFirst Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 28 Athens, Greece.
Sofoklis StavrosThird Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University General Hospital "ATTIKON", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRRoyal Cornwall Hospital · GBUniversity of Ioannina · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundZEB1 plays a role in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and acts as a repressor of E-cadherin, TGF-β, and Wnt/β-catenin. Since ZEB1 protein is expressed in estrogen-responsive tissues, and expression of the gene in the normal ovary and endometrium is positively correlated with high estrogen levels, we performed a direct analysis of granulosa cell samples to determine whether there are any significant changes in zeb1 expression during folliculogenesis.

methodsZEB1 expression levels were measured in the granulosa cells of 56 infertile women undergoing IVF treatment. RNA extraction from granulosa cells was performed along with reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) with SYBR Green I to determine zeb1 gene expression levels. Statistical analysis was performed by using

resultsZeb1 gene expression levels correlate significantly with body mass index (BMI) and age, but not with oocyte number and oocyte maturation stage. Obese women demonstrate a higher expression level of zeb1 gene compared to normal and overweight women. Moreover, zeb1 gene is overexpressed in women aged 35-40 years old and is under-expressed in women >40 years old.

conclusionsZEB1 expression should be further investigated as it may unveil new potential findings of the zeb1 gene's role in female fertility and its use as a biomarker in fertility workups.

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agebody mass index (BMI)granulosa cellsinfertilityin vitro fertilization (IVF)oocyte maturationoocyte numberZEB1 gene

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