Rupp J

ORCID: 0000-0001-8722-1233 · 3 papers in corpus
observational 2026
Vaginal microbial community state types fail to predict IVF outcomes, whereas Ureaplasma parvum and Lactobacillus iners are negative predictors of implantation, clinical pregnancy, and live birth.
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoag018

Study questionAre previously proposed vaginal microbial community state types (CSTs) valid predictors of IVF success, or do alternative microbial signatures provide stronger associations?Summary answerPreviously proposed CSTs as predictors …

other 2022
Improving analysis of the vaginal microbiota of women undergoing assisted reproduction using nanopore sequencing
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-022-02628-4

PURPOSE: Subclinical alterations of the vaginal microbiome have been described to be associated with female infertility and may serve as predictors for failure of in vitro fertilization treatment. While large prospective studies to delineat…

other 2018
Microbiota-based analysis reveals specific bacterial traits and a novel strategy for the diagnosis of infectious infertility
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191047

Tubal factor infertility (TFI) accounts for more than 30% of the cases of female infertility and mostly resides from an inflammatory process triggered by an infection. Clinical appearances largely differ, and very often infections are not r…