Telomere homeostasis in mammalian germ cells: a review

Association between telomere length and chromosome 21 nondisjunction in the oocyte

(2015) I. Albizua et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Sperm telomere length is positively associated with the quality of early embryonic development

(2015) Qingling Yang et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

A single-cell assay for telomere DNA content shows increasing telomere length heterogeneity, as well as increasing mean telomere length in human spermatozoa with advancing age

(2015) Danielle M. F. Antunes et al.   JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS

Telomeric Repeat-Containing RNA (TERRA) and Telomerase Are Components of Telomeres During Mammalian Gametogenesis1

(2014) Rita Reig-Viader et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Mouse CCDC79 (TERB1) is a meiosis-specific telomere associated protein

(2014) Katrin Daniel et al.   BMC CELL BIOLOGY

The meiosis-specific modification of mammalian telomeres

(2014) Hiroki Shibuya et al.   CELL CYCLE

The Chromosomal Courtship Dance—homolog pairing in early meiosis

(2014) Michael Klutstein et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

In every end there is a beginning—telomeres in male reproduction

(2014) David L. Keefe   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Telomere homeostasis is compromised in spermatocytes from patients with idiopathic infertility

(2014) Rita Reig-Viader et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Expression of Telomeres in Astrocytoma WHO Grade 2 to 4: TERRA Level Correlates with Telomere Length, Telomerase Activity, and Advanced Clinical Grade

(2014) Sandra Sampl et al.   Translational Oncology

Identification of TERRA locus unveils a telomere protection role through association to nearly all chromosomes

(2014) Isabel López de Silanes et al.   Nature Communications

Functional characterization of the TERRA transcriptome at damaged telomeres

(2014) Antonio Porro et al.   Nature Communications

TERRA-Reinforced Association of LSD1 with MRE11 Promotes Processing of Uncapped Telomeres

(2014) Antonio Porro et al.   Cell Reports

The missing LINC

(2014) Colin L Stewart et al.   Nucleus

The Role of Telomeres in Stem Cells and Cancer

(2013) Cagatay Günes et al.   CELL

Homologous Pairing Preceding SPO11-Mediated Double-Strand Breaks in Mice

(2013) Kingsley A. Boateng et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Chromatin remodeling of human subtelomeres and TERRA promoters upon cellular senescence

(2013) Peter E. Thijssen et al.   Epigenetics

Genetic variants in telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and telomerase-associated protein 1 (TEP1) and the risk of male infertility

(2013) Lifeng Yan et al.   GENE

Quantitative interaction screen of telomeric repeat-containing RNA reveals novel TERRA regulators

(2013) M. Scheibe et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

In young men sperm telomere length is related to sperm number and parental age

(2013) A. Ferlin et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Analysis of telomere length in couples experiencing idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss

(2013) J. Thilagavathi et al.   JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS

A mammalian KASH domain protein coupling meiotic chromosomes to the cytoskeleton

(2013) Henning F. Horn et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Telomeres and age-related disease: how telomere biology informs clinical paradigms

(2013) Mary Armanios   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Age-dependence of relative telomere length profiles during spermatogenesis in man

(2013) Pernille Bach Jørgensen et al.   MATURITAS

Telomeric Noncoding RNA TERRA Is Induced by Telomere Shortening to Nucleate Telomerase Molecules at Short Telomeres

(2013) Emilio Cusanelli et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Telomere lengths in human pronuclei, oocytes and spermatozoa

(2013) S. Turner et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Slipping past the spindle assembly checkpoint

(2013) Radhika Subramanian et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Finding the end: recruitment of telomerase to telomeres

(2013) Jayakrishnan Nandakumar et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Erratum: Telomere length regulates TERRA levels through increased trimethylation of telomeric H3K9 and HP1α

(2013) Nausica Arnoult et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A three-state model for the regulation of telomerase by TERRA and hnRNPA1

(2013) Sophie Redon et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Robust measurement of telomere length in single cells

(2013) F. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Age-associated telomere shortening in mouse oocytes

(2013) Tomoko Yamada-Fukunaga et al.   Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

The Meiotic Nuclear Lamina Regulates Chromosome Dynamics and Promotes Efficient Homologous Recombination in the Mouse

(2013) Jana Link et al.   PLoS Genetics

Telomeric RNA Expression: Length Matters

(2013) Amandine Van Beneden et al.   Frontiers in Oncology

Telomere length in reproduction

(2012) J. Thilagavathi et al.   ANDROLOGIA

Analysis of sperm telomere length in men with idiopathic infertility

(2012) J. Thilagavathi et al.   ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS

TERT polymorphisms modify the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Chinese children

(2012) Xiaojing Sheng et al.   CARCINOGENESIS

A role for CTCF and cohesin in subtelomere chromatin organization, TERRA transcription, and telomere end protection

(2012) Zhong Deng et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Telomeres and human reproduction

(2012) Keri Horan Kalmbach et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Telomeric repeat-containing RNA and telomerase in human fetal oocytes

(2012) R. Reig-Viader et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

A conserved KASH domain protein associates with telomeres, SUN1, and dynactin during mammalian meiosis

(2012) Akihiro Morimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Formation of telomeric repeat-containing RNA (TERRA) foci in highly proliferating mouse cerebellar neuronal progenitors and medulloblastoma

(2012) Z. Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

An Intramolecular G-Quadruplex Structure Is Required for Binding of Telomeric Repeat-Containing RNA to the Telomeric Protein TRF2

(2012) Giulia Biffi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structure, function and targeting of human telomere RNA

(2012) Yan Xu et al.   METHODS

Human aneuploidy: mechanisms and new insights into an age-old problem

(2012) So I. Nagaoka et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Telomerase Efficiently Elongates Highly Transcribing Telomeres in Human Cancer Cells

(2012) Benjamin O. Farnung et al.   PLoS One

Delayed paternal age of reproduction in humans is associated with longer telomeres across two generations of descendants

(2012) D. T. A. Eisenberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcription regulates telomere dynamics in human cancer cells

(2012) R. Arora et al.   RNA

Removal of Shelterin Reveals the Telomere End-Protection Problem

(2012) A. Sfeir et al.   SCIENCE

Unexplained Male infertility: diagnosis and Management

(2012) Alaa Hamada et al.   International Braz J Urol

TERRA Promotes Telomere Shortening through Exonuclease 1–Mediated Resection of Chromosome Ends

(2012) Verena Pfeiffer et al.   PLoS Genetics

Meiotic recombination and male infertility: from basic science to clinical reality?

(2011) Michael C Hann et al.   ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY

TERRA, CpG methylation, and telomere heterochromatin: Lessons from ICF syndrome cells

(2011) Zhong Deng et al.   CELL CYCLE

Subtelomeric repetitive elements determine TERRA regulation by Rap1/Rif and Rap1/Sir complexes in yeast

(2011) Nahid Iglesias et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Reprogramming of telomeric regions during the generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells and subsequent differentiation into fibroblast-like derivatives

(2011) Shiran Yehezkel et al.   Epigenetics

Reversible cell-cycle entry in adult kidney podocytes through regulated control of telomerase and Wnt signaling

(2011) Marina Shkreli et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Separation of telomerase functions by reverse genetics

(2011) S. Mukherjee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Telomere DNA Deficiency Is Associated with Development of Human Embryonic Aneuploidy

(2011) Nathan R. Treff et al.   PLoS Genetics

Telomere length is associated with types of chromosome 21 nondisjunction: a new insight into the maternal age effect on Down syndrome birth

(2010) Sujoy Ghosh et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Dynamics of cohesin proteins REC8, STAG3, SMC1  and SMC3 are consistent with a role in sister chromatid cohesion during meiosis in human oocytes

(2010) R. Garcia-Cruz et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Molecular Dissection of Telomeric Repeat-Containing RNA Biogenesis Unveils the Presence of Distinct and Multiple Regulatory Pathways

(2010) A. Porro et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Swim-up procedure selects spermatozoa with longer telomere length

(2010) Rebeca Santiso et al.   MUTATION RESEARCH-FUNDAMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MUTAGENESIS

Alternative lengthening of telomeres: models, mechanisms and implications

(2010) Anthony J. Cesare et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The non-coding RNA TERRA is a natural ligand and direct inhibitor of human telomerase

(2010) Sophie Redon et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Transcription and post-transcriptional regulation of spermatogenesis

(2010) A. Bettegowda et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disruption of Telomere–Telomere Interactions Associated with DNA Damage in Human Spermatozoa

(2010) Sergey I. Moskovtsev et al.   Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Cytoskeletal Forces Span the Nuclear Envelope to Coordinate Meiotic Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis

(2009) Aya Sato et al.   CELL

Telomeres Acquire Embryonic Stem Cell Characteristics in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

(2009) Rosa M. Marion et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Telomere length and reproductive aging

(2009) Courtney W. Hanna et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Cohesin SMC1β protects telomeres in meiocytes

(2009) Caroline Adelfalk et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Correlation of Telomere Length and Telomerase Activity with Occult Ovarian Insufficiency

(2009) Samantha Butts et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

MLL Associates with Telomeres and Regulates Telomeric Repeat-Containing RNA Transcription

(2009) C. Caslini et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

TERRA RNA Binding to TRF2 Facilitates Heterochromatin Formation and ORC Recruitment at Telomeres

(2009) Zhong Deng et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Telomerase modulates Wnt signalling by association with target gene chromatin

(2009) Jae-Il Park et al.   NATURE

CpG-island promoters drive transcription of human telomeres

(2009) S. G. Nergadze et al.   RNA

How Shelterin Protects Mammalian Telomeres

(2008) Wilhelm Palm et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Human Telomere Structure and Biology

(2008) Harold Riethman   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Protein SYCP2 provides a link between transverse filaments and lateral elements of mammalian synaptonemal complexes

(2008) Karoline Winkel et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Hypomethylation of subtelomeric regions in ICF syndrome is associated with abnormally short telomeres and enhanced transcription from telomeric regions

(2008) Shiran Yehezkel et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

TERT Promotes Epithelial Proliferation through Transcriptional Control of a Myc- and Wnt-Related Developmental Program

(2008) Jinkuk Choi et al.   PLoS Genetics

Offspring's Leukocyte Telomere Length, Paternal Age, and Telomere Elongation in Sperm

(2008) Masayuki Kimura et al.   PLoS Genetics

Telomeres and reproductive aging

(2008) David L. Keefe et al.   REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Human female meiosis: what makes a good egg go bad?

(2008) Patricia A. Hunt et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Spindle formation, chromosome segregation and the spindle checkpoint in mammalian oocytes and susceptibility to meiotic error

(2007) E. Vogt et al.   MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS