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Open AccessMcl-1 is a key regulator of the ovarian reserve
A majority of ovarian follicles are lost to natural death, but the disruption of factors involved in maintenance of the oocyte pool results in a further untimely follicular depletion known as premature ovarian...
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Cooperation of Blm and Mus81 in development, fertility, genomic integrity and cancer suppression
BLM is a DNA helicase important for the restart of stalled replication forks and for homologous recombination (HR) repair. Mutations of BLM lead to Bloom Syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterize...
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Mtd/Bok takes a swing: proapoptotic Mtd/Bok regulates trophoblast cell proliferation during human placental development and in preeclampsia
We have previously reported that matador/Bcl-2 ovarian killer (Mtd/Bok), a proapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family, regulates human trophoblast apoptosis and that its levels are elevated in severe preeclamptic...
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Caspase-12 compensates for lack of caspase-2 and caspase-3 in female germ cells
Previously, we analyzed mice lacking either caspase-2 or caspase-3 and documented a role for caspase-2 in developmental and chemotherapy-induced apoptosis of oocytes. Those data also revealed dispensability of...
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Genetic variance modifies apoptosis susceptibility in mature oocytes via alterations in DNA repair capacity and mitochondrial ultrastructure
Although the identification of specific genes that regulate apoptosis has been a topic of intense study, little is known of the role that background genetic variance plays in modulating cell death. Using germ ...
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Molecular requirements for doxorubicin-mediated death in murine oocytes
We previously published evidence that oocytes exposed to doxorubicin (DXR), a widely used chemotherapeutic agent, rapidly undergo morphological and biochemical changes via discrete effector signaling pathways ...
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A novel Mtd splice isoform is responsible for trophoblast cell death in pre-eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia is a serious disorder of human pregnancy, characterized by decreased utero-placental perfusion and increased trophoblast cell death. Presently, the mechanisms regulating trophoblast cell death in...