Budani MC

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
2022
The Aftermath of Long-Term Cigarette Smoking on Telomere Length and Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number in Human Cumulus Cells Prior to In Vitro Fertilization-A Pilot Study.
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/antiox11091841

Cigarette smoking among women of reproductive age is known to take a toll on systemic health and fertility potential by severely impacting ovarian tissues and cells, such as granulosa and cumulus cells (CCs). The purpose of this study was t…

2021
Impact of Cigarette Smoking on the Expression of Oxidative Stress-Related Genes in Cumulus Cells Retrieved from Healthy Women Undergoing IVF.
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms222313147

The female reproductive system represents a sensitive target of the harmful effects of cigarette smoke, with folliculogenesis as one of the ovarian processes most affected by this exposure. The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of…

2021
Novel Insights on the Role of Nitric Oxide in the Ovary: A Review of the Literature.
International journal of environmental research and public health ·doi:10.3390/ijerph18030980

Nitric oxide (NO) is formed during the oxidation of L-arginine to L-citrulline by the action of multiple isoenzymes of NO synthase (NOS): neuronal NOS (nNOS), endotelial NOS (eNOS), and inducible NOS (iNOS). NO plays a relevant role in the …

2020
Effects of Supplementation with Natural Antioxidants on Oocytes and Preimplantation Embryos.
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/antiox9070612

For most infertile couples, in vitro fertilization (IVF) represents the only chance to conceive. Given the limited success of IVF procedures, novel approaches are continuously tested with the aim of improving IVF outcomes. Growing attention…