Nanoparticles in pregnancy: the next frontier in reproductive therapeutics

N Pritchard, T Kaitu'u-Lino, L Harris… - Human reproduction …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Nanotechnology involves the engineering of structures on a molecular
level. Nanomedicine and nano-delivery systems have been designed to deliver therapeutic …

Extracellular vesicle-mediated delivery of molecular compounds into gametes and embryos: learning from nature

N Barkalina, C Jones, MJA Wood… - Human reproduction …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Currently, even the most sophisticated methods of assisted reproductive
technology (ART) allow us to achieve live births in only approximately 30% of patients …

Nanotechnology in reproduction, breeding and conservation of fish biodiversity: Current status and future potential

IA Bhat - Reviews in Aquaculture, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reproductive capability of an organism is the main factor to determine the stability of the
population. Till now, numerous reproductive strategies have been used, to successfully …

Novel agents for sperm purification, sorting, and imaging

JM Feugang - Molecular Reproduction and Development, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The stringent selection of viable spermatozoa ensures the transmission of high‐quality
genetic material to the egg during fertilization. Sperm heterogeneity within or between …

A review on applications and toxicities of metallic nanoparticles in mammalian semen biology

A Bisla, M Honparkhe, N Srivastava - Andrologia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The advent of nanotechnology since the 1950s, when the well‐known physicist Richard P.
Feynman talked in his famous talk about “There's plenty of room at the bottom”, has led to …

Effects of two types of melatonin-loaded nanocapsules with distinct supramolecular structures: polymeric (NC) and lipid-core nanocapsules (LNC) on bovine embryo …

ER Komninou, MH Remião, CG Lucas… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Melatonin has been used as a supplement in culture medium to improve the efficiency of in
vitro produced mammalian embryos. Through its ability to scavenge toxic oxygen derivatives …

NanoSMGT: transgene transmission into bovine embryos using halloysite clay nanotubes or nanopolymer to improve transfection efficiency

VF Campos, PMM de Leon, ER Komninou… - Theriogenology, 2011 - Elsevier
The objectives were to investigate whether: 1) nanotransfectants are more effective than
other common transfection methods for SMGT; 2) NanoSMGT is able to transmit exogenous …

Cerium dioxide nanoparticles did not alter the functional and morphologic characteristics of ram sperm during short-term exposure

L Falchi, L Bogliolo, G Galleri, F Ariu, MT Zedda… - Theriogenology, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to investigate the interaction and the short-term effects of
increasing doses of cerium dioxide nanoparticles (CeO 2 NPs) on ram spermatozoa, stored …

Transgene transmission in chickens by sperm-mediated gene transfer after seminal plasma removal and exogenous DNA treated with dimethylsulfoxide or N,N …

T Collares, VF Campos, PMM De Leon… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Transgenic animals have been successfully produced by mass gene transfer techniques
such as sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT). The aim of this work was to demonstrate …

Functionalization of mesoporous silica nanoparticles with a cell-penetrating peptide to target mammalian sperm in vitro

N Barkalina, C Jones, H Townley, K Coward - Nanomedicine, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effects of actively targeting mesoporous silica
nanoparticles (MSNPs) toward mammalian sperm with a cell-penetrating peptide (C105Y) …