The critical role of ZP genes in female infertility characterized by empty follicle syndrome and oocyte degeneration

Novel ZP1 pathogenic variants identified in an infertile patient and a successful live birth following ICSI treatment

(2020) Kun Chu et al.   CLINICAL GENETICS

Homozygous Splice Site Mutation in ZP1 Causes Familial Oocyte Maturation Defect

(2020) Özlem Okutman et al.   Genes

A novel homozygous nonsense ZP1 variant causes human female infertility associated with empty follicle syndrome (EFS)

(2020) Qianhua Xu et al.   Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine

Heterozygous mutations in ZP1 and ZP3 cause formation disorder of ZP and female infertility in human

(2020) Qiqi Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Novel mutation in the ZP1 gene and clinical implications

(2019) Ping Yuan et al.   JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS

Novel mutations in ZP1, ZP2, and ZP3 cause female infertility due to abnormal zona pellucida formation

(2019) Zhou Zhou et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Influence of mouse defective zona pellucida in folliculogenesis on apoptosis of granulosa cells and developmental competence of oocytes†

(2019) Yan Wang et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Compound heterozygous ZP1 mutations cause empty follicle syndrome in infertile sisters

(2019) Ling Sun et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Molecular basis of egg coat cross-linking sheds light on ZP1-associated female infertility

(2019) Kaoru Nishimura et al.   Nature Communications

Pregnancy and live birth in women with pathogenic LHCGR variants using their own oocytes

(2019) Xuefeng Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

ZP2 pathogenic variants cause in vitro fertilization failure and female infertility

(2018) Can Dai et al.   GENETICS IN MEDICINE

Dosage effects of ZP2 and ZP3 heterozygous mutations cause human infertility

(2017) Wenqiang Liu et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Genetic evidence of ‘genuine’ empty follicle syndrome: a novel effective mutation in the LHCGR gene and review of the literature

(2017) Ping Yuan et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Apoptosis in mammalian oocytes: a review

(2015) Meenakshi Tiwari et al.   APOPTOSIS

Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology

(2015) Sue Richards et al.   GENETICS IN MEDICINE

Mutant ZP1 in Familial Infertility

(2014) Hua-Lin Huang et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Empty follicle syndrome: successful treatment in a recurrent case and review of the literature

(2012) R. Beck-Fruchter et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Empty follicle syndrome after GnRHa triggering versus hCG triggering in COS

(2012) Juan C. Castillo et al.   JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS

A Structural View of Egg Coat Architecture and Function in Fertilization1

(2011) Magnus Monné et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

The prevalence of genuine empty follicle syndrome

(2011) Tolga B. Mesen et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Empty follicle syndrome—does repeat administration of hCG really work?

(2009) David E. Reichman et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

“Empty follicle syndrome” after human error: pregnancy obtained after repeated oocyte retrieval in a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist cycle

(2008) E SNAIFER et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins

(2008) Paul M. Wassarman   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Crystal structure of the ZP-N domain of ZP3 reveals the core fold of animal egg coats

(2008) Magnus Monné et al.   NATURE

The SWISS-MODEL Repository and associated resources

(2008) F. Kiefer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Empty follicle syndrome: the reality of a controversial syndrome, a systematic review

(2007) T STEVENSON et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY