[HTML][HTML] Chromosome segregation in the oocyte: what goes wrong during aging

M Wasielak-Politowska, P Kordowitzki - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human female fertility and reproductive lifespan decrease significantly with age, resulting in
an extended post-reproductive period. The central dogma in human female reproduction …

Spindles, mitochondria and redox potential in ageing oocytes

U Eichenlaub-Ritter, E Vogt, H Yin, R Gosden - Reproductive biomedicine …, 2004 - Elsevier
Studies of human oocytes obtained from women of advanced reproductive age revealed that
spindles are frequently aberrant, with chromosomes sometimes failing to align properly at …

Why is chromosome segregation error in oocytes increased with maternal aging?

ZB Wang, H Schatten, QY Sun - Physiology, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
It is well documented that female fertility is decreased with advanced maternal age due to
chromosome abnormality in oocytes. Increased chromosome missegregation is mainly …

Aneuploidy in mammalian oocytes and the impact of maternal ageing

C Charalambous, A Webster, M Schuh - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
During fertilization, the egg and the sperm are supposed to contribute precisely one copy of
each chromosome to the embryo. However, human eggs frequently contain an incorrect …

[PDF][PDF] Segregating chromosomes in the mammalian oocyte

AI Mihajlović, G FitzHarris - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Chromosome segregation errors in human oocytes lead to aneuploid embryos that cause
infertility and birth defects. Here we provide an overview of the chromosome-segregation …

Regulation of chromosome segregation in oocytes and the cellular basis for female meiotic errors

J Greaney, Z Wei, H Homer - Human Reproduction Update, 2018 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Meiotic chromosome segregation in human oocytes is notoriously error-
prone, especially with ageing. Such errors markedly reduce the reproductive chances of …

[HTML][HTML] Oocyte aging: looking beyond chromosome segregation errors

D Bebbere, G Coticchio, A Borini, S Ledda - Journal of Assisted …, 2022 - Springer
The age‐associated decline in female fertility is largely ascribable to a decrease in oocyte
quality. This phenomenon is multifaceted and influenced by numerous interconnected …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of ovarian aging

SU Park, L Walsh, KM Berkowitz - Reproduction, 2021 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Ovarian aging in women correlates with the progressive loss of both the number and quality
of oocytes. When these processes occur early or are accelerated, their clinical correlates are …

Chromosome cohesion decreases in human eggs with advanced maternal age

FE Duncan, JE Hornick, MA Lampson, RM Schultz… - Aging cell, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aneuploidy in human eggs increases with maternal age and can result in infertility,
miscarriages, and birth defects. The molecular mechanisms leading to aneuploidy, however …

Aneuploidy in human eggs: contributions of the meiotic spindle

C Thomas, T Cavazza, M Schuh - Biochemical Society …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Human eggs frequently contain an incorrect number of chromosomes, a condition termed
aneuploidy. Aneuploidy affects∼ 10–25% of eggs in women in their early 30s, and more …