Shu Hashimoto
ORCID: 0000-0001-9083-1403
· 6 papers in corpus
article
2023
Endometriomas (chocolate cysts) are cystic lesions that can develop on ovaries, and are characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue or similar tissue. Such lesions can cause a decline in the number and quality of oocytes, an…
2023
PurposeThe MiOXSYS system is a new technique to analyze the semen oxidative reduction potential (ORP) that may use to classify the level of sperm DNA integrity. It does not clearly explain how the semen ORP values could help to change the I…
2022
BackgroundFemale fertility declines with age, due to increased chromosomal aneuploidy and possible reduced mitochondrial function in the embryo.MethodsThis review outlines how mitochondrial function in human embryos, as predicted from oxyge…
2021
PurposeLaevo (l)-carnitine plays important roles in reducing the cytotoxic effects of free fatty acids by forming acyl-carnitine and promoting beta-oxidation, leading to alleviation of cell damage. Recently, the mitochondrial functions in m…
2020
PurposeThe fertility of women decreases with age because of factors such as an increased incidence of aneuploidies and-possibly-decreased mitochondrial activity in oocytes. However, the relationship between maternal aging and mitochondrial …
2017
PurposeThe oxygen consumption rates (OCRs) in mice and cattle have been reported to change during preimplantation embryogenesis. On the other hand, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number has been shown to be unchanged in mice and changed in …