OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Zygote is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Resveratrol protects boar sperm in vitro via its antioxidant capacity	23
Interleukin-1β and TNF-α systems in ovarian follicles and their roles during follicular development, oocyte maturation and ovulation	23
Reactive oxygen species in reproduction: harmful, essential or both?	22
Effect of antioxidants on preimplantation embryo developmentin vitro: a review	16
A microfluidic sperm-sorting device reduces the proportion of sperm with double-stranded DNA fragmentation	16
Antioxidant activities and lipid peroxidation status in human follicular fluid: age-dependent change	15
Dynamic reprogramming and function of RNA N⁶-methyladenosine modification during porcine early embryonic development	13
Improved efficiencies in the generation of multigene-modified pigs by recloning and using sows as the recipient	11
Early embryo morphokinetics is a better predictor of post-ICSI live birth than embryo morphology: speed is more important than beauty at the cleavage stage	11
Histological, histochemical, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural characterization of the testes of the dove	11
Influence of oocyte selection, activation with a zinc chelator and inhibition of histone deacetylases on cloned porcine embryo and chemically activated oocytes development	11
lncRNA SNHG14 involved in trophoblast cell proliferation, migration, invasion and epithelial–mesenchymal transition by targeting miR-330-5p in preeclampsia	11
CFAP43-mediated intra-manchette transport is required for sperm head shaping and flagella formation	11
Eugenol influences the expression of messenger RNAs for superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase 1 in bovine secondary follicles cultured in vitro	10
Methodological approaches for vitrification of bovine oocytes	10
Factors affecting rabbit sperm cryopreservation: a mini-review	10
Sperm-borne small RNAs improve the developmental competence of pre-implantation cloned embryos in rabbit	9
Evaluation of extracellular vesicles and gDNA from culture medium as a possible indicator of developmental competence in human embryos	9
Effects of mobile phone radiofrequency radiation on sperm quality	9
Transferrin receptor (TFRC) is essential for meiotic progression during mouse spermatogenesis	9
Sperm DNA fragmentation measured by sperm chromatin dispersion impacts morphokinetic parameters, fertilization rate and blastocyst quality in ICSI treatments	9
Frozen–thawed cleavage stage versus blastocyst stage embryo transfer in high responder patients	8
Importance of real-time measurement of sperm head morphology in intracytoplasmic sperm injection	8
Evaluation of co-cultured spermatogonial stem cells encapsulated in alginate hydrogel with Sertoli cells and their transplantation into azoospermic mice	8
C57BL/6J mouse superovulation: schedule and age optimization to increase oocyte yield and reduce animal use	8

EH domain binding protein 1-like 1 (EHBP1L1), a protein with calponin homology domain, is expressed in the rat testis	7
A review of methods for preserving male fertility	7
Review of Sertoli cell dysfunction caused by COVID-19 that could affect male fertility	7
Role of diagnostic intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in the management of genetically determined zona pellucida-free oocytes during in vitro fertilization: a case report	7
Extracellular vesicles in mammalian reproduction: a review	7
Porcine follicular fluid derived from > 8 mm sized follicles improves oocyte maturation and embryo development duringin vitromaturation of pigs	7
Use of time-lapse monitoring in medically assisted reproduction treatments: a mini-review	6
Estimation of genetic parameters for early reproduction traits in Beetal goat	6
Live birth and clinical outcome of vitrification-warming donor oocyte programme: an experience of a single IVF unit	6
Kinematic, bioenergetic and oxidative evaluations of donkey sperm preserved at +4°C	6
Does cigarette smoking really have a clinical effect on folliculogenesis and oocyte maturation?	6
Spermatozoa morphology changes during reproduction and first observation of acrosomal contact in two dioecious species of Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)	6
Does the number of embryos loaded on a single cryo-carrier affect post-vitrification survival rate?	6
Ovarian activity and antioxidant indices during estrous cycle of Barki ewes under effect of thyme, celery and salinomycin as feed additives	6
The expression profile of WNT/β-catanin signalling genes in human oocytes obtained from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) patients	6
Effects of dexamethasone on growth, viability and ultrastructure of bovine secondary follicles cultured in vitro	6
The effects of the day of trophectoderm biopsy and blastocyst grade on the clinical and neonatal outcomes of preimplantation genetic testing–frozen embryo transfer cycles	6
Paternal hypoxia exposure impairs fertilization process and preimplantation embryo development	5
Impact of obesity on medically assisted reproductive treatments	5
Effects of oxygen concentrations on developmental competence and transcriptomic profile of yak oocytes	5
Folic acid supplementation during oocytes maturation influences in vitro production and gene expression of bovine embryos	5
Puberty visualized: sexual maturation in the transparentCasperzebrafish	5
Ram semen quality can be assessed by flow cytometry several hours after post-fixation	5
Antral follicular count and its relationship with ovarian volume, preantral follicle population and survival, oocyte meiotic progression and ultrastructure of in vitro matured bovine cumulus–oo	5
Modulating oxidative stress and epigenetic homeostasis in preimplantation IVF embryos	5
Culture of preantral ovarian follicles ofBos taurus indicuswith alpha-lipoic acid	5
Assessment of binder of sperm protein 1 (BSP1) and heparin effects on in vitro capacitation and fertilization of bovine ejaculated and epididymal sperm	5
Mechanism of the adverse effect of hyaluronidase used for oocyte denudation on early development of bovine embryos	5
Maternal ageing causes changes in DNA methylation and gene expression profiles in mouse oocytes	4
Impact of the number of retrieved oocytes on IVF outcomes: oocyte maturation, fertilization, embryo quality and implantation rate	4
The regulatory role of miR-20a in bovine cumulus cells and its contribution to oocyte maturation	4
Microtubule-severing protein Fidgetin-like 1 promotes spindle organization during meiosis of mouse oocytes	4
Prolonged interval time between blastocyst biopsy and vitrification compromised the outcomes in preimplantation genetic testing	4
Bovine ICSI: limiting factors, strategies to improve its efficiency and alternative approaches	4
Evaluation of the human sperm nucleus: ambiguity and risk of confusion with chromomycin staining	4
DNA fragmentation and morphometric studies in sperm of stallions supplemented with maca (Lepidium meyenii)	4
Leptin decreases apoptosis and promotes the activation of primordial follicles through the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase B pathway in cultured ovine ovarian tissue	4
DNA methyltransferase inhibitors modulate histone methylation: epigenetic crosstalk between H3K4me3 and DNA methylation during sperm differentiation	4
Interference of fixatives and fixation period on the morphologic analysis of ovarian preantral follicles	4
Comparison of three antioxidants in chemical and biological assays on porcine oocytes during ageing in vitro	4
Use of alginate hydrogel to improve long-term 3D culture of spermatogonial stem cells: stemness gene expression and structural features	4
Modulation of lipid metabolism through multiple pathways during oocyte maturation and embryo culture in bovine	4
Effect of melatonin on the clinical outcome of patients with repeated cycles after failed cycles of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection	4
Can mesenchymal stem cells derived from adipose tissue and their conditioned medium improve ovarian functions? A mini-review	4
Coenzyme Q10 ameliorates the quality of mouse oocytes during in vitro culture	4
Embryo co-culture with bovine amniotic membrane stem cells can enhance the cryo-survival of IVF-derived bovine blastocysts comparable with co-culture with bovine oviduct epithelial cells	4
Supplementation of porcine in vitro maturation medium with FGF2, LIF, and IGF1 enhances cytoplasmic maturation in prepubertal gilts oocytes and improves embryo quality	4
Follicular development, morphological integrity, and oxidative stress in bovine preantral follicles cultured in vitro with ascorbic acid	4
Oxidative stress induced by methomyl exposure reduces the quality of early embryo development in mice	4
Evaluating animal models comprising direct and maternal effects associated with growth rates and the Kleiber ratio in Harnali sheep	3

Should fertile women quit drinking alcohol to produce better quality oocytes?	3
Impact of body mass index on intracytoplasmic sperm injection in women with polycystic ovary syndrome	3
Stereological study of organelle distribution in human oocytes at metaphase I	3
Impact of mother genetic and resource environment on her offspring’s growth features in Munjal sheep	3
Prediction of embryo implantation rate using a sole parameter of timing of starting blastulation	3
Circulating MMP-7 and VEGF as potential predictive biomarkers for recurrent implantation failures	3
Heat-induced triploids in Brycon amazonicus: a strategic fish species for aquaculture and conservation	3
Extracellular vesicles from seminal plasma improved development of in vitro-fertilized mouse embryos	3
Tricostatin A-treated round spermatid enhances preimplantation embryo developmental competency following round spermatid injection in mice	3
Sperm chromatin protamination influences embryo development in unsexed and sexed bull semen	3
Transmembrane H⁺fluxes and the regulation of neural induction inXenopus laevis	3
N-Acetyl cysteine reduces the levels of reactive oxygen species and improves in vitro maturation of oocytes from medium-sized bovine antral follicles	3
Seminal characterization of the Amazonian fire-eye tetra Moenkhausia oligolepis (Günther, 1864)	3
Effects of myo-inositol plus folic acid on ovarian morphology and oocyte quality in PCOS mouse model	3
Challenges on the effect of cell phone radiation on mammalian embryos and fetuses: a review of the literature	3
A cryoprotectant supplemented with pentoxifylline can improve the effect of freezing on the motility of human testicular sperm	3
Oocyte vitrification induces loss of DNA methylation and histone acetylation in the resulting embryos derived using ICSI in dromedary camel	3
Spastin interacts with CRMP5 to promote spindle organization in mouse oocytes by severing microtubules	3
Cellular development of the germinal epithelium during the female and male gametogenesis of Chaetodon striatus (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae)	3
Oviductal high concentration of K⁺suppresses hyperpolarization but does not prevent hyperactivation, acrosome reaction andin vitrofertilization in hamsters	3
Blastomere movement correlates with ploidy and mosaicism in early-stage human embryos after in vitro fertilization	3
Boar seminal plasma improves sperm quality by enhancing its antioxidant capacity during liquid storage at 17°C	3
Relationship of sperm motility with clinical outcome of percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration–intracytoplasmic sperm injection in infertile males with congenital domestic absence of vas deferens: a	3
Isolation of male and female gametes, zygotes and proembryos of leek (Allium tuberosum Roxb)	3
Expression of lncRNA TINCR in the placenta of patients with pre-eclampsia and its effect on the biological behaviours of trophoblasts	3
Parthenogenetic activation of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) oocytes: comparison of different activation reagents and different media on their developmental competence and quantitative expression of	3