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A DNA Methylation Perspective on Infertility.

Ghaleb Shacfe, Rasoul Turko, Haadi Hammad Syed, Ibraheem Masoud, Yahya Tahmaz, Lara M Samhan, Khaled Alkattan, Areez Shafqat, Ahmed Yaqinuddin

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Review of Multi-omics Analyses.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025
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  16. Male Fertility as a Proxy for Health.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ghaleb ShacfeCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
Rasoul TurkoCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0002-8245-8586
Haadi Hammad SyedCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
Ibraheem MasoudCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0006-9314-221X
Yahya TahmazCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
Lara M SamhanCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
Khaled AlkattanCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1372-9883
Areez ShafqatCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1202-7214
Ahmed YaqinuddinCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7536-910X
Alfaisal University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infertility affects a significant number of couples worldwide and its incidence is increasing. While assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have revolutionized the treatment landscape of infertility, a significant number of couples present with an idiopathic cause for their infertility, hindering effective management. Profiling the genome and transcriptome of infertile men and women has revealed abnormal gene expression. Epigenetic modifications, which comprise dynamic processes that can transduce environmental signals into gene expression changes, may explain these findings. Indeed, aberrant DNA methylation has been widely characterized as a cause of abnormal sperm and oocyte gene expression with potentially deleterious consequences on fertilization and pregnancy outcomes. This review aims to provide a concise overview of male and female infertility through the lens of DNA methylation alterations.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationInfertilityEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleHumansMalePregnancyReproductive Techniques, AssistedSemenArtificial Reproductive TechnologyDNA methylationepigeneticsinfertility

Identifiers

PMID38136954
PMCPMC10743303
OpenAlexW4389056606

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