Analysis of accessible chromatin landscape in the inner cell mass and trophectoderm of human blastocysts
Yang M, Tao X, Titus S, Zhao T, Scott RT, Seli E. Analysis of accessible chromatin landscape in the inner cell mass and trophectoderm of human blastocysts. Molecular Human Reproduction 2020, 26: 702-711. PMID: 32663300, DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaaa048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInner cell massHuman preimplantation embryosEpigenetic regulationPreimplantation embryosCell lineage specificationChromatin accessibility landscapeAccessible chromatin landscapePreimplantation human blastocystsEarly embryonic developmentTranscription start siteCell massEarly embryo developmentHuman blastocystsDistal regionChromatin landscapeAccessible chromatinLineage specificationChromatin structureLow DNA inputATAC-seqTrophectoderm differentiationChromosome reorganizationAccessibility landscapeHuman embryonic materialEmbryonic developmentMitochondrial DNA content is not predictive of reproductive competence in euploid blastocysts
Scott RT, Sun L, Zhan Y, Marin D, Tao X, Seli E. Mitochondrial DNA content is not predictive of reproductive competence in euploid blastocysts. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2020, 41: 183-190. PMID: 32600944, DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.04.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative mtDNA copy numberSingle embryo transferMitochondrial DNA copy numberMtDNA copy numberEmbryo transferSuccessful single embryo transferDNA copy numberRelative mtDNA levelsHuman blastocystsReal-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionReproductive competenceIVF outcomesMaternal ageOngoing implantationPolymerase chain reactionEuploid blastocystsMitochondrial DNA contentReproductive outcomesSame patientClinical decisionTrophectoderm biopsySame cohortAmount of mtDNACopy number