2024
Addition of rapamycin or co-culture with cumulus cells from younger reproductive age women does not improve rescue in vitro oocyte maturation or euploidy rates in older reproductive age women
Esbert M, Tao X, Ballesteros A, Yildirim R, Scott R, Seli E. Addition of rapamycin or co-culture with cumulus cells from younger reproductive age women does not improve rescue in vitro oocyte maturation or euploidy rates in older reproductive age women. Molecular Human Reproduction 2024, 30: gaad048. PMID: 38180884, DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaad048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReproductive-age womenEuploidy rateCumulus cellsAutologous cumulus cellsAge womenReproductive ageRescue IVMOlder womenYoung donorsYoung reproductive age womenYoung womenOlder reproductive age womenOocyte maturationMetaphase II oocytesGerminal vesicle stage oocytesPolar bodyMaternal ageEuploid oocytesFirst polar bodyAddition of rapamycinHours of cultureII oocytesWomenCytogenetic constitutionRapamycin
2021
The Appraisal of Body Content (ABC) trial: Increased male or female adiposity does not significantly impact in vitro fertilization laboratory or clinical outcomes
Kim J, Patounakis G, Juneau C, Morin S, Neal S, Bergh P, Seli E, Scott R. The Appraisal of Body Content (ABC) trial: Increased male or female adiposity does not significantly impact in vitro fertilization laboratory or clinical outcomes. Fertility And Sterility 2021, 116: 444-452. PMID: 33581854, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.12.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexBioelectric impedance analysisLive birth rateLow birth weightClinical outcomesMiscarriage rateBlastocyst formation rateEuploidy rateImplantation rateBirth weightLow birth weight/Low birth weight infantsNormal weight patientsBirth weight infantsProspective cohort studyImpact of obesityFertilization laboratoryBirth rateFertilization rateBF categoriesWeight patientsMaternal obesityWeight infantsCohort studyObese women
2020
Sperm Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Is Not a Predictor of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) Cycle Outcomes
Tiegs AW, Tao X, Landis J, Zhan Y, Franasiak JM, Seli E, Wells D, Fragouli E, Scott RT. Sperm Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Is Not a Predictor of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) Cycle Outcomes. Reproductive Sciences 2020, 27: 1350-1356. PMID: 31994001, DOI: 10.1007/s43032-020-00163-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSperm mitochondrial DNA copy numberLive birth rateQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionMitochondrial DNA copy numberICSI cyclesBirth rateIntracytoplasmic sperm injection cycle outcomesBlastocyst developmentDay-3 embryo biopsyMtDNA-CNDNA copy numberBlastocyst euploidy ratesMixed-effects logistic regressionReal-time polymerase chain reactionSperm samplesEffects logistic regressionBlastocyst euploidyCohort studyPrimary outcomeSecondary outcomesInfertility centerCycle outcomeEuploidy rateMaternal ageInfertile population