Publications by authors named "Shun Xiong"

Pentachlorophenol (PCP), a persistent organic pollutant, has endocrine disrupting properties and there may be a link between its exposure and reproductive outcomes. In this study, we assessed the relationship of PCP exposure levels with ovarian reserve markers and reproductive health outcomes in women (N = 656) undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). PCP concentrations were determined in urine (n = 1968; repeated measures) and follicular fluid samples (n = 603).

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This study aimed to demonstrate the utilization value of 1PN embryos. The 1PN zygotes collected from December 2021 to September 2022 were included in this study. The embryo development, the pronuclear characteristics, and the genetic constitutions were investigated.

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Research Question: Is the total duration of spontaneous blastocyst collapse to re-expansion before biopsy related to ploidy and live birth rates after single euploid blastocyst transfer?

Design: This was a retrospective cohort study of 600 preimplantation genetic testing cycles for aneuploidy (PGT-A) cycles, involving 2203 biopsied blastocysts, at a large reproductive medicine centre. Features of spontaneous blastocyst collapse from full to expanded stage, before biopsy, were observed using an embryoscope viewer for embryos cultured in a time-lapse incubator. In total, 568 cycles of frozen blastocyst transfers, either single euploid or mosaic, were performed.

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Purpose: Zygotes with 2.1 pronuclei (2.1PN) present with two normal-sized pronuclei, and an additional smaller pronucleus, that is approximately smaller than two thirds the size of a normal pronucleus.

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Treponema pallidum is the causative factor of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) characterized by perivascular infiltration of inflammatory cells, vascular leakage, swelling and proliferation of endothelial cells (ECs). The endothelium lining blood and lymphatic vessels is a key barrier separating body fluids from host tissues and is a major target of T. pallidum.

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Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by Treponema pallidum (T. pallidum), has had a worldwide resurgence in recent years and remains a public health threat. As such, there has been a great deal of research into clinical strategies for the disease, including diagnostic biomarkers and possible strategies for treatment and prevention.

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This study was to evaluate whether Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) can improve the quality of embryo in patients with poor-quality embryos in the previous In-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle, which was cancelled before transfer. This was a retrospective cohort study of 178 IVF and 158 ICSI cycles for patients with poor-quality embryos in the previous IVF cycle in the Center for Reproductive Medicine, Women and Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from March 2016 to June 2022. The 2 PN rate, oocyte utilization rate , high-quality embryo rate and clinical pregnancy rate were compared between the two groups.

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The characteristics of the human pronuclei (PNs), which exist 16-22 h after fertilization, appear to serve as good indicators to evaluate the quality of human oocyte and embryo, and may reflect the status of female and male chromosome composition. Here, a quantitative PN measurement method that is generated by applying expert experience combined with deep learning from large annotated datasets is reported. After mathematic reconstruction of PNs, significant differences are obtained in chromosome-normal rate and chromosomal small errors such as copy number variants by comparing the size of the reconstructive female PN.

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To evaluate the relationship between the initial follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) dose and the number of available cleavage-stage embryos in fertilization (IVF) cycles.We included 8772 fresh IVF cycles using a GnRH antagonist protocol at the Genetic and Reproductive Institution of Chongqing, P. R.

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Key nodes of sea lanes are important hubs for global trade and cargo transportation and play important roles in ensuring the safety of maritime transportation and maintaining the stability of the global supply chain. The safety guarantee of key nodes of sea lanes is facing more risks and higher requirements currently because the global shipping industry is gradually recovering. This paper focuses on key nodes of sea lanes, conducting regional security risk assessment and risk spatial scale visualization.

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It was suggested that the embryo pooling was an alternative for patients with insufficient number of embryos for preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) in a single ovarian stimulation cycle. However, limited study noticed whether it is an efficient strategy to pool cleavage-stage embryos by vitrification. This study included 71 cycles with vitrified-warmed and fresh embryos simultaneously for PGT between May 2016 and May 2021.

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Background: Using re-vitrified human embryos for frozen-warmed embryo transfer (FET) is a valuable option when there are no other cryopreserved embryos to use, however, except for the PGT cases, no published data are available for FET with human embryos that were re-vitrified at different developmental stages.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of re-vitrification of embryos at different stages on embryonic developmental potential.

Method: This study included clinical retrospective and mouse experimental studies.

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Bisphenols are important industrial raw materials that are widely used to produce plastic bottles (feeding bottles), infant cups, and food and beverage (milk powder) cans. Because of the estrogen-like effect of bisphenols, even low-dose intake of these compounds by trace migration affects normal hormone levels in the human body. Therefore, it is imperative to develop a rapid, accurate, and highly sensitive method for the determination of bisphenols in serum.

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Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the impact of different biopsy protocols on the rate of mosaic blastocysts.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study which included 115 cycles with pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A). Two groups were allocated based on the biopsy protocols: method 1 group, the zona pellucida (ZP) was drilled on day 3 embryos followed by trophectoderm (TE) biopsy; and method 2 group, the ZP was opened on day 5 or 6 blastocysts followed by TE biopsy.

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This study aimed to evaluate to what extent the different interval times between trophectoderm (TE) biopsy and vitrification influence the clinical outcomes in preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) cycles. Patients who underwent frozen embryo transfer (FET) after PGT between 2015 and 2019 were recruited. In total, 297 cycles with single day 5 euploid blastocyst transfer were included.

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The objective of this prospective cohort study was to investigate whether cryopreservation of cleavage or blastocyst stage embryos improves fertilization outcomes in recurrent implantation failure (RIF) patients. The study comprised 575 patients who were allocated to receive either single frozen/thawed blastocyst-stage transfer (SBT) or frozen/thawed double-cleavage-stage embryo transfer (DET). The clinical pregnancy rate, implantation rate, and ongoing pregnancy rate were higher in the SBT group compared with the DET group (41.

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When using circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy for quantitative analysis, the samples to be analyzed must be free of light-absorbing interferences. However, in real-world samples, the presence of background absorbers is practically unavoidable. The difference in the matrices between the real-world samples to be analyzed and the standard samples (on which either univariate or multivariate calibration model was built) would result in systematic errors in the quantification results of CD spectroscopy.

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In this prospective cohort study, the effects of a time-lapse monitoring system on embryo quality and clinical pregnancy outcomes were assessed. A total of 608 patients undergoing in vitro fertilization between April 2013 and June 2014 at our institution were recruited for this study and group-matched into a time-lapse monitoring (TLM) (N = 304) or a standard incubator (SI) (N = 304). The patients' characteristics in the TLM and SI groups were not significantly different.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of oocytes with severe ovoid zona pellucida (ZP), investigate the development potential of their sibling oocytes and the clinical outcomes from affected cycles. The data were collected from our medical records. Cycles having at least one oocyte with severe ovoid ZP were defined as the 'severe ovoid group', cycles having at least one oocyte with mild ovoid ZP were defined as the 'mild ovoid group', whereas cycles without oocytes with ovoid ZPs were defined as the 'control group' (n = 150 for each group).

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Vitrification is an important way to cryopreserve human embryos and the recommended time of embryo exposure to the vitrification solution is 1 min. However, practically speaking, the duration of embryos exposure to equilibration solution can vary from 5 to 15 min. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of different equilibration times on the outcomes of frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to identify candidates for a morphokinetic embryo selection model for day-3 transfer through the analysis of known implantation data.

Study Design: A diagnostic trial study was conducted. Two hundred twelve embryos from 109 patients participating in in-vitro fertilization (IVF) protocols.

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The objective of this prospective diagnostic study was to explore the relationships between the morphological indices of sperm using motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME) and the clinical outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF). A total of 291 couples were included in this study. The female patients exhibited tubal and pelvic factors, and their partners' gametes were tested prospectively by MSOME.

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Failed fertilization after conventional IVF is one of the most frustrating experiences in assisted reproductive technology. "Late" rescue ICSI may be not an optimal strategy for treating unfertilized oocytes. Short co-incubation of gametes combined with early rescue ICSI has some advantages for complete fertilization failure after IVF.

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Purpose: To investigate the effects of cumulus cells removal after 6 h co-incubation of gametes on the fertilization, polyspermy, multinucleation and clinical pregnancy rates in human IVF.

Methods: A total of 1,200 IVF-ET cycles undergoing 6 h co-incubation of gametes in 2009 were included in this study. Inclusion criteria were: female age <38 years, first IVF treatment, with bi-ovary and normal ovarian response, e.

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