OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Reproduction is 7. 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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The CASR antagonist NPS2143 induces loss of acrosomal integrity and proteolysis of SPACA1 in boar spermatozoa	100
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN TRANS AND GENDER-DIVERSE PATIENTS: Psychosocial counseling of transgender and gender-diverse individuals in fertility and reproductive medicine: a narrative review	98
Investigation of infertility using endometrial organoids	93
Specc1l deficiency leads to abnormal oocyte meiosis and reduced blastocyst development in mouse	61
How, where and when is SPINK3 bound and removed from mouse sperm?	58
Consistency and synchronization of AMPK-glycogen in endometrial epithelial cells are critical to the embryo implantation	57
Xenograft model of heterotopic transplantation of human ovarian cortical tissue and its clinical relevance	43
Expression and role of resistin on steroid secretion in the porcine corpus luteum	39
FSH promotes immature porcine Sertoli cell proliferation by activating the CCR7/Ras-ERK signaling axis	36
A long non-coding RNA essential for early embryonic development improves somatic cell nuclear transfer somatic cell nuclear transfer efficiency in goats	35
IFNT stimulates lysosomal function via type I IFN signaling pathway in pregnant bovine leukocytes	31
New allele of mouse DNA/RNA helicase senataxin causes meiotic arrest and infertility	30
Gene editing to investigate the role of conceptus factors in the establishment of pregnancy in the pig	29
Reproductive Health in Trans and Gender Diverse Patients: Fertility related knowledge, attitudes, and decision-making among gender diverse youth – A narrative review	29
Omne vivum ex ovo: the oocyte reprogramming and remodeling activities	28
BMAL1 positively correlates with genes regulating steroidogenesis in human luteinized granulosa cells	27
Anxiety and depression-like behaviours are more frequent in aged male mice conceived by ART compared with natural conception	26
Prenatal cadmium exposure has inter-generational adverse effects on Sertoli cells through the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor pathway	26
Does single-strand DNA break repair capacity influence oocyte maintenance and quality?	25
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Reactive oxygen species in the mammalian pre-implantation embryo	25
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: The male mammary gland: a novel target of endocrine-disrupting chemicals	23
Formation of fibrin at sites of conceptus adhesion in the ewe	21
The interaction between seminal plasma, sperm, and endometrium in inter- and intra-species breeding in equids	21
Scientific and technological approaches to improve SCNT efficiency in farm animals and pets	21
Metabolism-driven post-translational modifications of H3K9 in early bovine embryos	21

Visfatin increases the invasive potential of ovarian granulosa tumor spheroids by reprogramming glucose metabolism	21
Differentiation of fetal sertoli cells in the adult testis	20
Blastomere removal affects homeostatic control leading to obesity in male mice	19
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: Reproductive toxicology: emerging toxicants and cellular targets	19
Constitutive LH receptor activity impairs NO-mediated penile smooth muscle relaxation	18
Maternal age, obesity and hyperglycaemia are associated with a delay in preimplantation embryo development in mouse	18
The potential role of the E SRRG pathway in placental dysfunction	18
Oviduct and endometrial epithelium improve in vitro produced bovine embryo developmental kinetics	17
Regional abundances of binder of sperm (BSP) proteins are negatively associated with the quality of frozen-thawed bovine spermatozoa	17
Manipulating bovine granulosa cell energy metabolism limits inflammation	17
TEAD4 regulates KRT8 and YAP in preimplantation embryos in mice but not in cattle	17
Progesterone induces porcine sperm release from oviduct glycans in a proteasome-dependent manner	17
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: Environmental exposures, fetal testis development and function: phthalates and beyond	17
Naked mole rat ovaries allow investigation of ovarian reserve, in vitro germ cell expansion, and oocyte in vitro maturation within a single sample	17
dmrtb1 is involved in the testicular development in Larimichthys crocea	17
CRISPR/Cas13d-mediated efficient KDM5B mRNA knockdown in porcine somatic cells and parthenogenetic embryos	17
Differences in human placental mesenchymal stromal cells may impair vascular function in FGR	15
SPERM FACTORS AND EGG ACTIVATION: The structure and function relationship of sperm PLCZ1	15
Mesenchymal stem cell secretome alters gene expression and upregulates motility of human endometrial stromal cells	15
WISP2/IGF1 promotes the survival of DSCs and impairs the cytotoxicity of decidual NK cells	15
Creatine promotes endometriosis progression by inducing M2 polarization of peritoneal macrophages	15
HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Hypoxia and ovarian function: follicle development, ovulation, oocyte maturation	15
Development of polarity-reversed endometrial epithelial organoids	14
The role of steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) in steroidogenic cell function of the testes and ovaries of mature mice	14
Placental adaptation to maternal malnutrition	14
ZNF146 regulates cell cycle progression via TFDP1 and DEPDC1B in ovarian cancer cells	14
Immunomodulation for unexplained recurrent implantation failure: where are we now?	13
Emodin improves glucose metabolism and ovarian function in PCOS mice via the HMGB1/TLR4/NF-κB molecular pathway	13
Equine maternal aging affects oocyte lipid content, metabolic function and developmental potential	13
The impact of antisperm antibodies on human male reproductive function: an update	13
Genesis of clinical and subclinical endometritis in dairy cows	13
A proposed model of a clock that governs the length of human pregnancy	12
Investigations into the role of platelet-activating factor in the peri-conception period of the mare	12
Human sperm tsRNA as potential biomarker and therapy target for male fertility	12
m6A methyltransferase METTL3 inhibits endometriosis by regulating alternative splicing of MIR17HG	12
Hypoxia-mediated chemotaxis and residence of macrophage in decidua by secreting VEGFA and CCL2 during normal pregnancy	11
A field guide to Aurora kinase inhibitors: an oocyte perspective	11
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: Pregnancy exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals: implications for women’s health	11
I W Rowlands, Barbara J Weir and the biology of the hystricomorph rodents	11
Melatonin ameliorates ovarian dysfunction by regulating autophagy in PCOS via the PI3K-Akt pathway	11
Involvement of chemerin and CMKLR1 in the progesterone decrease by PCOS granulosa cells	11
OONO–/MMP2/MMP9 pathway-mediated apoptosis of porcine granulosa cells is associated with DNA damage	11
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Sperm telomeres, oxidative stress, and infertility	11
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Oxidative stress in polycystic ovary syndrome	11
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: Impact of endocrine disruptors on neurons expressing GnRH or kisspeptin and pituitary gonadotropins	11
Vascular biology of uterine fibroids: connecting fibroids and vascular disorders	10
Finasteride interferes with prostaglandin-induced CatSper signalling in human sperm	10
NPR3 is regulated by gonadotropins and modulates bovine cumulus cell expansion	10
Fish sperm cryopreservation using biodegradable containers: New low-cost and environment-friendly methodology	10
Trophectoderm formation: regulation of morphogenesis and gene expressions by RHO, ROCK, cell polarity, and HIPPO signaling	10

HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Reproductive challenges at high altitude: fertility, pregnancy and neonatal well-being	10
Early ovarian differentiation in the tammar wallaby and the effects of exposure to bisphenol A	10
An attempt to search for the common cellular mechanism of ovulation across all metazoans	10
The immunobiology of preterm labor and birth: intra-amniotic inflammation or breakdown of maternal–fetal homeostasis	10
Pendimethalin exposure disrupts mitochondrial function and impairs processes related to implantation	10
YAP1 and WWTR1 are required for murine pregnancy initiation	10
Low-moderate dietary phytoestrogens transiently disrupt spermatogenesis and the seminal plasma proteome in the ram	9
Equine cervical remodeling during placentitis and the prepartum period: a transcriptomic approach	9
Current applications of SCNT in advanced breeding and genome editing in livestock	9
Decreased level of Eomes+dCD8+ T cells with altered function might be associated with miscarriage	9
Negative effects of endocrine disruptor bisphenol A on ovarian granulosa cells and the protective role of folic acid	9
Impact of Real-life Environmental Exposures on Reproduction: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, reproductive aging, and menopause	9
Whole-genome DNA methylation analysis of the sperm in relation to bull fertility	9
Oocyte activation is a cytoplasm-confined event so far: what about the nucleus?	9
Nicotinamide riboside supplementation ameliorated post-ovulatory oocyte quality decline	9
Coumestrol induces oxidative stress and impairs migration and embryonic growth	9
Normotensive rats with PCOS exhibit the hypertensive pattern: focus on oxidative stress	9
Preantral follicle numbers and size in heifers carrying Trio, a bovine high fecundity allele	9
TORC2/3-mediated DUSP1 upregulation is essential for human decidualization	9
Decreased NSD2 impairs stromal cell proliferation in human endometrium via reprogramming H3K36me2	9
Cells responding to hedgehog signaling contribute to the theca of ovarian follicles	8
Dual role of valosin-containing protein (VCP/p97) in mouse sperm during capacitation	8
GRSF1 deficiency attenuates mitochondrial function in aging granulosa cells	8
Maternal exposure to an enriched environment promotes uterine vascular remodeling and prevents embryo loss in mice	8
Markers of equine placental differentiation: insights from gene expression studies	8
High-lipid nutritional environment in different ontogenetic periods induce developmental programming of rat prostate at aging	8
Genome-wide profiling of the epigenetic landscape of histone variant TH2B in murine oocytes and pre-implantation embryos	8
Atrazine disorganises laminin formation and reduces cell numbers in the tammar testis during early differentiation	8
Acknowledgement to reviewers	8
Peptidylarginine deiminase 2 regulates expression of DGCR8 affecting miRNA biogenesis in gonadotrope cells	8
Culture of vitrified bovine ovarian tissue on agarose gel inserts maintains follicle integrity	8
Exogenous melatonin ameliorates embryo–maternal cross-talk in early pregnancy in sheep	8
Zinc as a non-hormonal contraceptive: an alternative to the copper intrauterine device (IUD)	8
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor stimulates hypothalamic and gonadal reproductive hormones and oocyte maturation in zebrafish	8
Endoplasmic reticulum stress promotes endometrial fibrosis through the TGF-β/SMAD pathway	8
The role of stem cells in uterine involution	8
Is seminal nerve growth factor-induced luteinizing hormone release in camelids mediated at the hypothalamus?	8
Cordycepin suppresses steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression by reducing SP1 in human granulosa-lutein cells	8
Desmoplakin (Dsp) conditional knockout in NR5A1+ somatic cells affects germ cell survival in developing mouse gonads	7
Causative mechanisms and functional correlates of MTT reduction in stallion spermatozoa	7
Subfertility in young male mice mutant for chromatin remodeller CECR2	7
Homeostatic regulation of lipid droplet content in mammalian oocytes and embryos	7
Maternal restricted- and over- feeding during gestation perturb offspring sperm epigenome in sheep	7
PPAR-gamma influences developmental competence and trophectoderm lineage specification in bovine embryos	7
Dolly at 25… is she ‘… still goin’ strong?’	7
CXCL12 and its receptors regulate granulosa cell apoptosis in PCOS rats and human KGN tumor cells	7
Ectopic pregnancy and epithelial to mesenchymal transition: is there a link?	7
A sexually dimorphic murine model of IUGR induced by embryo transfer	7
Gankyrin has a potential role in embryo implantation via activation of STAT3	7
Identification of circular RNAs as regulators and noninvasive biomarkers for placenta accreta spectrum	7
The concentration of glucose in the media influences the susceptibility of stallion spermatozoa to ferroptosis	7
Dysregulation of intracellular pH is a cause of impaired capacitation in Slc22a14-deficient mice	7
Testosterone regulation on quiescin sulfhydryl oxidase 2 synthesis in the epididymis	7
High-throughput phenotypic screening of the human spermatozoon	7
Roads to the strategic targeting of ovarian cancer treatment	7