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MHR | Foundations of Reproductive Science
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MHR leads the way in research focused on the foundational and translational mechanisms of mammalian reproduction.
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✨Exciting news✨
#MHR is proud to announce a new peer-reviewed article format to showcase groundbreaking research in a short report format: the ‘Concise Communication’!

More information at the link below 🔗📚
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‘Small but mighty’: the Concise Communication comes to MHR
Molecular Human Reproduction (MHR) is excited to introduce a new peer-reviewed article format to showcase high-quality research that covers the basic scien
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October 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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#Fertilization is a complex, multi-step process involving interaction of the sperm with the oocyte. The #sperm need to navigate to the #reproductivetract evading the female immune system to successfully fertilize the oocyte.
October 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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“Prophylactic treatment with #progesterone decreases murine #miscarriage by suppressing the immunostimulatory activity of #macrophages”
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Prophylactic treatment with progesterone decreases murine miscarriage by suppressing the immunostimulatory activity of macrophages
Abstract. Miscarriage and preterm birth (PB) remain major challenges in obstetric care and are often associated with excessive inflammation at the feto–mat
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October 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Recent research investigated if there were #sexdifferences in the response of the #placental transcriptome to #maternal #foodrestriction, and found that while there were few interactions between sex and food restriction, the sex-stratified analyses yielded several of ‘sex-specific’ effects
October 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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@MHR_ReprodSci Associate Editors attended the Upper Midwest Summit for Reproductive Science, representing our journal!
Great science and networking opportunity! 🤩
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez Sara Pietroforte Farners Amargant Riera Francesca Duncan

WashU Medicine OBGYN Northwestern Medicine
October 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Do you know that maternal diet-induced obesity (DIO) may affect adult offspring #oocytequality due to #mitochondrial dysfunction?
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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📣”#BitterTaste signaling pathway is required for #spermatogenesis and maintenance of male #fertility in mice”

📚🔗Don’t miss this interesting article!
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Bitter taste signaling pathway is required for spermatogenesis and maintenance of male fertility in mice
Abstract. Recently, the expression of bitter taste receptors and their downstream taste signaling cascade has been widely found outside the gustatory syste
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October 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Heads up, #ReprodSci community!
Interested in the impact of #MaternalAge on #OocyteQuality? Do not miss the latest #EditorChoice article, where the authors explored the transcriptome signature of age-related decline in oocyte quality.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Dive into this fascinating #review on #spermatogonial stem cell and fibroblast growth factor #signaling recently published in #MHR!
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September 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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📣“ACTRT2 deficiency increases #spermatogonia vulnerability to #ferroptosis”
📚🔗Have a look at the article 👇
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September 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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📣”#Fertility is compromised after oocyte-specific #deletion of microtubule severing protein #KataninA1”

#oocytecompetence #meiosis #microtubules #spindle

📚🔗Dive into the full article 👇
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Fertility is compromised after oocyte-specific deletion of microtubule severing protein Katanin A1
Abstract. Katanins are microtubule severing enzymes that play roles in diverse cell functions including meiotic and mitotic spindle formation. To address t
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September 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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✨Are you an early career scientist within 10 years of an independent position?
Submit your innovative #research in #MHR Early Career Innovator Series by the end of September and #compete for the 2025 Early Career Innovator Award!!

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MHR Early Career Innovator Series
MHR is pleased to announce that our Early Career Innovator Series was tremendously successful in its first year and will be continuing throughout 2025 (and beyo
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September 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Just back from vacation 🏖️ and looking for a great read? Dive into #MHR latest article in the Early Career Innovator Series on #fetal reproductive organ #development.
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MHR Early Career Innovator Series
MHR is pleased to announce that our Early Career Innovator Series was tremendously successful in its first year and will be continuing throughout 2025 (and beyo
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September 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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In vitro follicle culture is an emerging #FertilityPreservation solution for women and children with cancer. Recent advances have yielded various 3D methods that preserve follicular structure.
Which is the best?🧐
July 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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“Early signaling pathways during in vitro culture of isolated primordial follicles”

Don’t miss this interesting piece investigating the main transcriptional events and molecular factors determining follicle fate 🧫🐮

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Early signaling pathways during in vitro culture of isolated primordial follicles
Abstract. The ability to grow undifferentiated oocytes in vitro from primordial follicles would increase the availability of fully grown oocytes in fertili
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July 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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🚨Save the date for the Symposium on the Paternal Origins of Health and Disease!

🗓️October 16th, 2025
📍Institut Cochin (Paris, France) and online
🔗 Registration👇👇
July 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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✨Exciting news!✨
The World Endometriosis Research Foundation (#WERF) – Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project (#EPHect) today publishes #SOPs to optimize the use of experimental in vivo and in vitro models in #endometriosis research.
July 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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🤩 See you soon at the #MHRsymposium!!

📍 Session 53, Tuesday from 14:00-15:15

Oxford University Press
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✨The #ESHRE Annual Meeting 2025 is just around the corner!

Join us at the #MHRsymposium where MHR’s Editor-in-Chief, @Boiani Michele, and Deputy Editor, @Francesca Duncan, will be hosting the session about Basic principles of ovarian function in vivo and in vitro.
July 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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🤩ESHRE journals’ “Parisian cafe'” at #ESHRE2025!!

Oxford University Press European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) @eshre.bsky.social

#MHR #ESHREjournals #EarlyCareerInnovatorSeries
June 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Excited for #ESHRE2025 in Paris!!🤩
Join us at the Precongress Course 12:
“Academic authorship - Milestones in reproductive science: highlights from ESHRE Journals”
June 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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📣Now online!
“Eutopic #macrophages facilitate #endometriosis progression via ferroptosis-mediated release of S100A9”
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Eutopic macrophages facilitate endometriosis progression via ferroptosis-mediated release of S100A9
Abstract. Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder in which immune cells, specifically macrophages, play a pivotal yet incompletely understood role
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June 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Uterine #leiomyomas, also known as #fibroids, are benign tumors found in about 60% of pre-menopausal women, and can cause abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic pain and #infertility.
June 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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📣New paper alert on #human sperm protamine proteoforms!

Using a refined top-down mass spectrometry protocol, the authors observed significant differences in specific #ProtamineProteoforms related to sperm #chromatin packaging #alterations, #obesity and #aging.
June 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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✨The #ESHRE Annual Meeting 2025 is just around the corner!

Join us at the #MHRsymposium where MHR’s Editor-in-Chief, @Boiani Michele, and Deputy Editor, @Francesca Duncan, will be hosting the session about Basic principles of ovarian function in vivo and in vitro.
June 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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“#Mechanical signal-mediated mitochondria–endoplasmic reticulum contacts modulate Leydig cell testosterone biosynthesis during #testisdevelopment”

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Mechanical signal-mediated mitochondria–endoplasmic reticulum contacts modulate Leydig cell testosterone biosynthesis during testis development
Abstract. In males, 95% of testosterone is synthesized by Leydig cells, and a deficiency in this synthesis will cause metabolic disorders and multiple orga
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June 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM