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SUBMITTER: Dell'Aquila ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7819917 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dell'Aquila Maria Elena ME Asif Shafaq S Temerario Letizia L Mastrorocco Antonella A Marzano Giuseppina G Martino Nicola Antonio NA Lacalandra Giovanni Michele GM Roelen Bernard Aj BA Carluccio Augusto A Robbe Domenico D Minervini Fiorenza F
Mycotoxin research 20200929 1
The genotoxic and nephrotoxic mycotoxin Ochratoxin A (OTA) has also been reported to have adverse effects on oocyte maturation and embryo development. Previous studies on the effects of OTA on female fertility have used micromolar concentrations, but no information is available to date on effects in a more relevant nanomolar range. This study used a juvenile sheep model to evaluate the effects of oocyte exposure to low levels of OTA on maturation, fertilization, and embryo development. Further, ...[more]