OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Reproduction and Development is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Zygotic gene activation in mice: profile and regulation	36
Current status of the application of gene editing in pigs	20
Regulation of primordial follicle formation, dormancy, and activation in mice	17
Exosomes derived from placental trophoblast cells regulate endometrial epithelial receptivity in dairy cows during pregnancy	16
Predisposing factors, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of persistent endometritis in postpartum cows	12
Reestablishment of transzonal projections and growth of bovine oocytes <i>in vitro</i>	11
Time-lapse monitoring technologies for the selection of bovine <i>in vitro</i> fertilized embryos with high implantation potential	11
Supplementing media with NAD<sup>+</sup> precursors enhances the <i>in vitro</i> maturation of porcine oocytes	11
Advanced maternal age induces fetal growth restriction through decreased placental inflammatory cytokine expression and immune cell accumulation in mice	11
Differentially methylated CpG sites related to fertility in Japanese Black bull spermatozoa: epigenetic biomarker candidates to predict sire conception rate	10
Insights into the NAD<sup>+</sup> biosynthesis pathways involved during meiotic maturation and spindle formation in porcine oocytes	9
Production of offspring from vacuum-dried mouse spermatozoa and assessing the effect of drying conditions on sperm DNA and embryo development	9
Local administration of Neurokinin B in the arcuate nucleus accelerates the neural activity of the GnRH pulse generator in goats	8
Apoptosis, autophagic cell death, and necroptosis: different types of programmed cell death in bovine corpus luteum regression	8
Recent progress of interferon-tau research and potential direction beyond pregnancy recognition	8
Serotonergic signals enhanced hamster sperm hyperactivation	8
Effects of oocyte-derived growth factors on the growth of porcine oocytes and oocyte–cumulus cell complexes <i>in vitro</i>	8
Rapamycin maintains the primordial follicle pool and protects ovarian reserve against cyclophosphamide-induced damage	8
Three-dimensional live imaging of bovine embryos by optical coherence tomography	8
HGF/c-Met signaling regulates early differentiation of placental trophoblast cells	8
Sequential preovulatory expression of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-inducible gene, <i>Nr4a3</i>, and its suppressor <i>Anxa5</i> in the pituitary gland of female rats	7
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and bi- and multi-nucleated trophoblast cell formation in ovine conceptuses during the peri-implantation period	7
NAD<sup>+</sup>, Sirtuins and PARPs: enhancing oocyte developmental competence	7
Accumulation of senescent cells in the stroma of aged mouse ovary	6
Direct embryotoxicity of chromium (III) exposure during preimplantation development	6

Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species regulate mitochondrial biogenesis in porcine embryos	6
An attempt at estrus detection in cattle by continuous measurements of ventral tail base surface temperature with supervised machine learning	6
Cell cycle regulation for meiosis in mammalian germ cells	6
<i>In vitro</i> production of viable eggs from isolated mouse primary follicles by successive culture	6
Effects of heat stress on the endometrial epidermal growth factor profile and fertility in dairy cows	6
Assisted reproductive techniques for canines: preservation of genetic material in domestic dogs	6
Expression and regulation of estrogen receptor 2 and its coregulators in mouse granulosa cells	6
Intrauterine administration of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) improves embryo implantation in mice by regulating local Treg/Th17 cell balance	6
Influence of different cellular concentrations of boar sperm suspensions on the induction of capacitation and acrosome reaction	6
Transcriptome analysis reveals transforming growth factor-β1 prevents extracellular matrix degradation and cell adhesion during the follicular-luteal transition in cows	6
Central somatostatin-somatostatin receptor 2 signaling mediates lactational suppression of luteinizing hormone release via the inhibition of glutamatergic interneurons during late lactation in rats	5
Ovarian response to prostaglandin F<sub>2α</sub> in lactating dairy cows: A clinical update	5
Oocyte-specific gene knockdown by intronic artificial microRNAs driven by <i>Zp3</i> transcription in mice	5
Disruption of piRNA machinery by deletion of ASZ1/GASZ results in the expression of aberrant chimeric transcripts in gonocytes	5
Cleavage-embryo genes and transposable elements are regulated by histone variant H2A.X	5
Possible causes and treatment strategies for the estrus and ovulation disorders in dairy cows	5
Sperm induce proinflammatory responses in the uterus and peripheral blood immune cells of artificially inseminated cows	5
Effects of hypercaloric diet-induced hyperinsulinemia and hyperlipidemia on the ovarian follicular development in mice	5
Generation of viable calves derived from developmentally mature blastocysts produced by on-gel culture	5
Mouse <i>in vivo</i>-derived late 2-cell embryos have higher developmental competence after high osmolality vitrification and −80°C preservation than IVF or ICSI embryos	5
Cervix–rectum temperature differential at the time of insemination is correlated with the potential for pregnancy in dairy cows	5
Corticosterone induced apoptosis of mouse oviduct epithelial cells independent of the TNF-α system	5
<i>In vitro</i> growth of bovine oocytes in oocyte-cumulus cell complexes and the effect of follicle stimulating hormone on the growth of oocytes	5
The large cytoplasmic volume of oocyte	4
Generation of germ cell-deficient pigs by <i>NANOS3</i> knockout	4
Presence of multiple corpora lutea affects the luteolytic response to prostaglandin F<sub>2α</sub> in lactating dairy cows	4
Predicting the start of calving in Japanese Black cattle using camera image analysis	4
Effects of short-term dietary supplementation on the number of ovarian follicles, quantity and quality of oocytes, and <i>in vitro</i> embryo production in Japanese Black cows	4
Progesterone increases the success of <i>in vitro</i> fertilization via enhanced sperm hyperactivation in mice	4
Metabolic pathways regulating the development and non-genomic heritable traits of germ cells	4
Sex difference in developmental changes in visualized <i>Kiss1</i> neurons in newly generated <i>Kiss1-Cre</i> rats	4
Effects of exposure to methylglyoxal on sperm motility and embryonic development after fertilization in mice	4
Effects of glutathione treatments during sperm washing and <i>in vitro</i> fertilization on the <i>in vitro</i> early development of embryos of Japanese Black cattle	4
Effects of different cyclooxygenase inhibitors on prostaglandin E<sub>2</sub> production, steroidogenesis and ovulation of bovine preovulatory follicles	4
Roles of cell differentiation factors in preimplantation development of domestic animals	4
Effects of the temperature-humidity index on conception rates in Holstein heifers and cows receiving <i>in vitro</i>-produced Japanese Black cattle embryos	4
Steroidal but not embryonic regulation of mucin 1 expression in bovine endometrium	4
Maintenance of mouse trophoblast stem cells in KSR-based medium allows conventional 3D culture	4
Implications of the RhoA/Rho associated kinase pathway and leptin in primary uterine inertia in the dog	4
Transcription factor OTX2 silences the expression of cleavage embryo genes and transposable elements	4
Enkephalin-δ opioid receptor signaling partly mediates suppression of LH release during early lactation in rats	3
Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced suppression of luteal function in isolated perfused bovine ovaries	3
Removal of sperm tail using trypsin and pre-activation of oocyte facilitates intracytoplasmic sperm injection in mice and rats	3
Hatchability evaluation of bovine IVF embryos using OCT-based 3D image analysis	3
Optimal conditions for mouse follicle culture	3
Leptin receptor expression and its change in association with the normalization of EGF profile after seminal plasma treatment in repeat breeder dairy cows	3
Effects of reduced glutathione supplementation in semen freezing extender on frozen-thawed bull semen and <i>in vitro</i> fertilization	3
Efficient derivation of embryonic stem cells and primordial germ cell-like cells in cattle	3
Lysophosphatidic acid stimulates rat uterine contraction <i>in vitro</i>	3
Relationship between the timing of insemination based on estrus detected by the automatic activity monitoring system and conception rates using sex-sorted semen in Holstein dairy cattle	3

Lipid droplets are formed in 2-cell-like cells	3
The I510V mutation in <i>KLHL10</i> in a patient with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia	3
Estradiol enhances T-type calcium channel activation in human myometrium telocytes	3
Genetically engineered animal models for Marfan syndrome: challenges associated with the generation of pig models for diseases caused by haploinsufficiency	3
Involvement of Ca<sup>2+</sup>-ATPase in suppressing the appearance of bovine helically motile spermatozoa with intense force prior to cryopreservation	3
Different response of embryos originating from control and obese mice to insulin <i>in vitro</i>	3
WIN18,446 enhances spermatogonial stem cell homing and fertility after germ cell transplantation by increasing blood-testis barrier permeability	3
Unilateral twin pregnancy: A non-infectious factor required for the etiological diagnosis of abortion in dairy herds	3
Development of cryopreservation media for the slow-freezing of cultured primordial germ cells in chicken	3
Effects of electromagnetic waves on oocyte maturation and embryonic development in pigs	3
Effects of the preservation medium and storage duration of domestic cat ovaries on the maturational and developmental competence of oocytes <i>in vitro</i>	3
Quantitative analyses of insulin-like peptide 3 and sex steroid hormones in dominant follicles and corpora lutea during the estrus cycle and in follicular cysts in beef heifers	3
Clinical prospects proposing an increase in the luteolytic dose of prostaglandin F<sub>2α</sub> in dairy cattle	3
5-Aminolevulinic acid combined with sodium ferrous citrate mitigates effects of heat stress on bovine oocyte developmental competence	3
Adenovirus-mediated gene delivery restores fertility in congenitally infertile female mice	2
A possible function of <i>Nik-related kinase</i> in the labyrinth layer of delayed delivery mouse placentas	2
Association of intrauterine presence of <i>Lactobacillus</i> spp. with inflammation and pathogenic bacteria in the uterus in postpartum dairy cows	2
<i>MiR-145</i> regulates steroidogenesis in mouse primary granulosa cells by targeting <i>Arpc5</i> and subsequent cytoskeleton remodeling	2
Enhancement of rat spermatozoal hyperactivation by progesterone	2
Oocyte-derived growth factors promote development of antrum-like structures by porcine cumulus granulosa cells <i>in vitro</i>	2
Analysis of sequential ruminal temperature sensor data from dairy cows to identify cow subgroups by clustering and predict calving through supervised machine learning	2
Improvement of short straws for sperm cryopreservation: installing an air-permeable filter facilitates handling	2
Relationship between ovarian ultrasonographic findings on the seventh post-estrus day and plasma progesterone concentration, nutritional metabolic factors, and pregnancy outcome in dairy cows	2
High survival of bovine mature oocytes after nylon mesh vitrification, as assessed by intracytoplasmic sperm injection	2
Neuronal activation modulates enhancer activity of genes for excitatory synaptogenesis through <i>de novo</i> DNA methylation	2
Polarized epithelium-sperm co-culture system reveals stimulatory factors for the secretion of mouse epididymal quiescin sulfhydryl oxidase 1	2
Differences in daily milk production during early pregnancy alter placental characteristics and neonatal metabolic amino acid levels in dairy cows	2
Continuous acceleration of neural activity of the GnRH pulse generator during chronic peripheral infusion of neurokinin 3 receptor agonist in goats	2
Cryopreservation of pig spermatozoa using carboxylated poly-L-lysine as cryoprotectant	2
Expression and localization of alpha-tubulin N-acetyltransferase 1 in the reproductive system of male mice	2
Immunohistochemical identification of epithelial cell types in the isthmus of bovine oviduct: Comparison with the ampulla	2
Mouse somatic cell nuclear transfer: What has changed and remained unchanged in 25 years	2
Equilibrium vitrification of mouse embryos at various developmental stages using low concentrations of cryoprotectants	2
Busulfan administration replicated the characteristics of the epididymal initial segment observed in mice lacking testis-epididymis lumicrine signaling	2
Amount of Cas9 protein introduced into mouse embryos via electroporation affects the genome-editing rate	2
Effect of paternal aging and vitrification on mitochondrial DNA copy number and telomere length of mouse blastocysts	2
A more accurate analysis of maternal effect genes by siRNA electroporation into mouse oocytes	2
Differentiation of stem progenitor CD9/SOX2-positive cells is promoted with increased prolactin-producing and endothelial cells in the pituitary	2
FABP4 mediates endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy to regulate endometrial epithelial cell function during early sheep gestation	2
Predicting of molecules mediating an interaction between bovine embryos and uterine epithelial cells	2
Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 suppresses gonadotrophin secretion from bovine anterior pituitaries	2