OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Reproduction is 8. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Oxygen and development of the human placenta	100
COVID-19 and male reproductive function: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study	96
Mechanisms of ovarian aging	85
Animal models of human pregnancy and placentation: alternatives to the mouse	72
Equine endometritis: a review of challenges and new approaches	64
Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on male reproduction	57
The immunobiology of preterm labor and birth: intra-amniotic inflammation or breakdown of maternal–fetal homeostasis	55
Meiosis interrupted: the genetics of female infertility via meiotic failure	51
Single cell transcriptome research in human placenta	47
Macrophage-derived multinucleated giant cells: hallmarks of the aging ovary	43
PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING: Non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy, copy-number variants and single-gene disorders	40
Milk exosomes and miRNA cross the placenta and promote embryo survival in mice	37
HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Hypoxia and ovarian function: follicle development, ovulation, oocyte maturation	35
Mass spectrometry reveals distinct proteomic profiles in high- and low-quality stallion spermatozoa	31
Current findings in endometrial microbiome: impact on uterine diseases	29
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Oxidative stress in polycystic ovary syndrome	29
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Reactive oxygen species in the mammalian pre-implantation embryo	29
Derivation of sheep embryonic stem cells under optimized conditions	28
Human sperm tsRNA as potential biomarker and therapy target for male fertility	28
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: The protection of mammalian spermatozoa against oxidative stress	28
HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Reproductive challenges at high altitude: fertility, pregnancy and neonatal well-being	27
Vascular biology of uterine fibroids: connecting fibroids and vascular disorders	27
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: The impact of oxidative stress on reproduction: a focus on gametogenesis and fertilization	27
Cracking the enigma of adenomyosis: an update on its pathogenesis and pathophysiology	26
Healthy ageing and spermatogenesis	26

HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: The role of hypoxia in the development and progression of endometriosis	25
FGF2/FGFR signaling promotes cumulus–oocyte complex maturation in vitro	25
Canine oviductal exosomes improve oocyte development via EGFR/MAPK signaling pathway	25
Embryonic disc formation following post-hatching bovine embryo development in vitro	24
Investigation of infertility using endometrial organoids	23
Sperm selection by rheotaxis improves sperm quality and early embryo development	21
The impact of antisperm antibodies on human male reproductive function: an update	21
Maternal recognition of pregnancy in the mare: does it exist and why do we care?	21
Genetics of premature ovarian insufficiency and the association with X-autosome translocations	21
Pregnancy-specific glycoproteins: evolution, expression, functions and disease associations	20
Inflammation, but not infection, induces EMT in human amnion epithelial cells	19
Sex, puberty, and the gut microbiome	19
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: Impact of endocrine disruptors on neurons expressing GnRH or kisspeptin and pituitary gonadotropins	19
PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING: Preimplantation genetic testing for polygenic disease risk	19
Mitochondrial regulation in spermatogenesis	18
Homeostatic regulation of lipid droplet content in mammalian oocytes and embryos	18
HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: The presence and role of hypoxia in the endometrium	18
PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING: Clinical experience of preimplantation genetic testing	18
Organoids as tools to investigate the molecular mechanisms of male infertility and its treatments	17
The SLC7A11: sperm mitochondrial function and non-canonical glutamate metabolism	17
Similarities between bovine and human germline development revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing	17
HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Hypoxia and labour	17
Melatonin ameliorates ovarian dysfunction by regulating autophagy in PCOS via the PI3K-Akt pathway	17
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Oxidative stress and in vitro ageing of the post-ovulatory oocyte: an update on recent advances in the field	17
Vitamin D in follicular development and oocyte maturation	17
Equine maternal aging affects oocyte lipid content, metabolic function and developmental potential	17
Single-cell transcriptomics of staged oocytes and somatic cells reveal novel regulators of follicle activation	15
Physical activity throughout pregnancy is key to preventing chronic disease	15
CEP164 is essential for efferent duct multiciliogenesis and male fertility	15
Growing human trophoblasts in vitro: a review of the media commonly used in trophoblast cell culture	15
HYPOXIA AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Hypoxic regulation of preimplantation embryos: lessons from human embryonic stem cells	15
The transcription factor TCFL5 responds to A-MYB to elaborate the male meiotic program in mice	15
Molecular interactions at the bovine embryo–endometrial epithelium interface	15
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: Pregnancy exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals: implications for women’s health	15
First mitotic spindle formation is led by sperm centrosome-dependent MTOCs in humans	15
First insights on seminal extracellular vesicles in chickens of contrasted fertility	15
Orphan nuclear receptors in angiogenesis and follicular development	15
Maternal iron homeostasis: effect on placental development and function	15
Hormone-responsive organoids from domestic mare and endangered Przewalski’s horse endometrium	15
Immunological aspects of ovarian follicle ovulation and corpus luteum formation in cattle	14
Aneuploidy during the onset of mouse embryo development	14
Placental adaptation to maternal malnutrition	14
Decreased Indian hedgehog signaling activates autophagy in endometriosis and adenomyosis	14
CLDN1 regulates trophoblast apoptosis and proliferation in preeclampsia	13
Ligustrazine-induced microRNA-16-5p inhibition alleviates preeclampsia through IGF-2	13
Anti-inflammatory effects of gallic acid in human gestational tissues in vitro	13
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: Effects of chemical mixtures on the ovary	13
Integrins and OPN localize to adhesion complexes during placentation in sheep	13
A systematic review and standardized clinical validity assessment of genes involved in female reproductive failure	13
Effect of aflatoxin B1 on bovine spermatozoa’s proteome and embryo’s transcriptome	13

Oocyte metabolic function, lipid composition, and developmental potential are altered by diet in older mares	12
SPERM FACTORS AND EGG ACTIVATION: Phospholipase C zeta (PLCZ1) and the clinical diagnosis of oocyte activation deficiency	12
In vitro fertilization program in white rhinoceros	12
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: Endocrine disruption and reproductive disorders: impacts on sexually dimorphic neuroendocrine pathways	12
Involvement of chemerin and CMKLR1 in the progesterone decrease by PCOS granulosa cells	12
Inflammatory response elicited by Ureaplasma parvum colonization in human cervical epithelial, stromal, and immune cells	12
Pro-angiogenic effects of pregnancy-specific glycoproteins in endothelial and extravillous trophoblast cells	12
DOHaD: A MENAGERIE OF ADAPTATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES: Large animal models of developmental programming: sustenance, stress, and sex matter	12
Obesity induction in adult zebrafish leads to negative reproduction and offspring effects	12
Irisin and the fibronectin type III domain-containing family: structure, signaling and role in female reproduction	12
SPERM FACTORS AND EGG ACTIVATION: Fertilization failure after human ICSI and the clinical potential of PLCZ1	11
The potential role of the E SRRG pathway in placental dysfunction	11
CRISPR/Cas13d-mediated efficient KDM5B mRNA knockdown in porcine somatic cells and parthenogenetic embryos	11
Implications for preeclampsia: hypoxia-induced Notch promotes trophoblast migration	11
Core clock gene Bmal1 deprivation impairs steroidogenesis in mice luteinized follicle cells	11
SPERM FACTORS AND EGG ACTIVATION: The structure and function relationship of sperm PLCZ1	11
GDF-8 stimulates trophoblast cell invasion by inducing ALK5-SMAD2/3-mediated MMP2 expression	11
Effect of in vitro growth on mouse oocyte competency, mitochondria and transcriptome	11
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Sperm telomeres, oxidative stress, and infertility	11
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M5 is involved in spermatogenesis through the modification of cell–cell junctions	10
Plasma progesterone secretion during gestation of the captive short-beaked echidna	10
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: Environmental exposures, fetal testis development and function: phthalates and beyond	10
Protamines: lessons learned from mouse models	10
TCF3 regulates human endometrial stromal cell proliferation and migration in RPL	10
Hyperpolarization induces cytosolic alkalization of mouse sperm flagellum probably through sperm Na+/H+ exchanger	10
Balanced Notch-Wnt signaling interplay is required for mouse embryo and fetal development	10
The role of stem cells in uterine involution	10
Hyperactivation of dormant primordial follicles in ovarian endometrioma patients	10
Mesenchymal stem cells induce expansion of regulatory T cells in abortion-prone mice	10
miR-3074-5p/CLN8 pathway regulates decidualization in recurrent miscarriage	10
Involvement of oxidative stress in placental dysfunction, the pathophysiology of fetal death and pregnancy disorders	10
Immunomodulation for unexplained recurrent implantation failure: where are we now?	10
Repurposing existing drugs as a therapeutic approach for the prevention of preterm birth	10
Production of extracellular vesicles from equine embryo-derived mesenchymal stromal cells	10
Epigenetic abnormalities associated with somatic cell nuclear transfer	9
HIF1A-induced heme oxygenase 1 promotes the survival of decidual stromal cells against excess heme-mediated oxidative stress	9
RNA m6A modifications in mammalian gametogenesis and pregnancy	9
Gene editing to investigate the role of conceptus factors in the establishment of pregnancy in the pig	9
Does supplementation with mitochondria improve oocyte competence? A systematic review	9
Pluripotent stem cells are insensitive to the cytotoxicity of TNFα and IFNγ	9
SOCE-inhibitor reduced human sperm-induced formation of neutrophil extracellular traps	9
CXCL12 and its receptors regulate granulosa cell apoptosis in PCOS rats and human KGN tumor cells	9
Genesis of clinical and subclinical endometritis in dairy cows	9
Probiotic Lactobacillus kefiri prevents endotoxin-induced preterm birth and stillbirth in mice	9
Obesity induces male mice infertility via oxidative stress, apoptosis, and glycolysis	9
Germ cell nests in adult ovaries and an unusually large ovarian reserve in the naked mole-rat	9
Cells responding to hedgehog signaling contribute to the theca of ovarian follicles	9
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY: The male mammary gland: a novel target of endocrine-disrupting chemicals	9
Orlistat reverses intratesticular lactate transport decline and infertility in male obese rats	8
Nicotinamide riboside supplementation ameliorated post-ovulatory oocyte quality decline	8
Estrogen-decreased hsa_circ_0001649 promotes stromal cell invasion in endometriosis	8
Anxiety and depression-like behaviours are more frequent in aged male mice conceived by ART compared with natural conception	8
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Oxidative stress and the long-term storage of horse spermatozoa	8
Follicular free fatty acid metabolic signatures and their effects on oocyte competence in non-obese PCOS patients	8
Expression of IL-1β and implantation serine proteases is required for mouse blastocyst hatching	8
Equine pregnancy-specific glycoprotein CEACAM49 secreted by endometrial cup cells activates TGFB	8
Two mouse lines selected for large litter size display different lifetime fecundities	8
Nucleolar stress regulates stromal–epithelial transition via NPM1 during decidualization	8
Whole-genome DNA methylation analysis of the sperm in relation to bull fertility	8
WISP2/IGF1 promotes the survival of DSCs and impairs the cytotoxicity of decidual NK cells	8
Gestational microbiome: metabolic perturbations and developmental programming	8
Increased dietary energy alters follicle dynamics and wave patterns in heifers	8
Functional attributes of seminal proteins in bull fertility: a systematic review	8
Obesity alters the ovarian DNA damage response and apoptotic proteins	8
A refined culture system of oocytes from early antral follicles promotes oocyte maturation and embryo development in cattle	8
Desert hedgehog mediates the proliferation of medaka spermatogonia through Smoothened signaling	8
Progesterone induces porcine sperm release from oviduct glycans in a proteasome-dependent manner	8
Metformin attenuates steroidogenesis in ovarian follicles of the broiler breeder hen	8
PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING: Single-cell technologies at the forefront of PGT and embryo research	8
Paradigm shift in frog sperm cryopreservation: reduced role for non-penetrating cryoprotectants	8
Galectin-9 regulates HTR8/SVneo function via JNK signaling	8
Optical coherence microscopy allows for quality assessment of immature mouse oocytes	8