Otsuki J

ORCID: 0000-0002-8183-8651 · 5 papers in corpus
observational 2023
Cells ·doi:10.3390/cells12151976

The search for simple morphological predictors of oocyte quality is an important task for assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs). One such predictor may be the morphology of the oocyte nucleus, called the germinal vesicle (GV), including…

observational 2022
Reproductive medicine and biology ·doi:10.1002/rmb2.12462

PurposeThis study aimed to analyze whether tripronuclear (3PN) zygotes, with two normal-sized PNs and an additional smaller PN (2.1PN), can be used for embryo transfer.MethodsA retrospective embryo cohort study was conducted on 695 patients…

observational 2020
Reproductive medicine and biology ·doi:10.1002/rmb2.12305

PURPOSE: This study aimed to analyze whether the presence of refractile bodies (RFs) negatively affects fertilization, embryo development, and/or implantation rates following intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). METHODS: This retrospec…

observational 2020
Reproductive medicine and biology ·doi:10.1002/rmb2.12322

PURPOSE: To evaluate the outcomes of embryo transfer (ET) and to identify the parameters influencing pregnancy outcomes. METHODS: This study included 938 ET cycles involving single frozen and thawed good-quality blastocyst (Gardner grade ≥…

observational 2012
Systems biology in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.3109/19396368.2012.675004

A number of reports have suggested that the oxidative state of human albumin in serum and in some body fluids is associated with cell damage. However there are no reports on the redox state of human follicular fluid (FF) and its influence o…