[PDF][PDF] Bone marrow transplantation generates immature oocytes and rescues long-term fertility in a preclinical mouse model of chemotherapy-induced premature …

HJ Lee, K Selesniemi, Y Niikura, T Niikura… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - academia.edu
Purpose Although early menopause frequently occurs in female cancer patients after
chemotherapy (CTx), bone marrow (BM) transplantation (BMT) has been linked to an unexplained …

[PDF][PDF] NAD+ repletion rescues female fertility during reproductive aging

…, NA Youngson, J Maniam, ASA Wong, K Selesniemi… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Reproductive aging in female mammals is an irreversible process associated with declining
oocyte quality, which is the rate-limiting factor to fertility. Here, we show that this loss of …

Prevention of maternal aging-associated oocyte aneuploidy and meiotic spindle defects in mice by dietary and genetic strategies

K Selesniemi, HJ Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Increased meiotic spindle abnormalities and aneuploidy in oocytes of women of advanced
maternal ages lead to elevated rates of infertility, miscarriage, and trisomic conceptions. …

Moderate caloric restriction initiated in rodents during adulthood sustains function of the female reproductive axis into advanced chronological age

K Selesniemi, HJ Lee, JL Tilly - Aging cell, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Age‐related ovarian failure in women heralds the transition into postmenopausal life, which
is characterized by a loss of fertility and increased risk for cardiovascular disease, …

[HTML][HTML] Young adult donor bone marrow infusions into female mice postpone age-related reproductive failure and improve offspring survival

K Selesniemi, HJ Lee, T Niikura, JL Tilly - Aging (Albany NY), 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The female reproductive axis is the first major organ system of the body to fail with advancing
age. In addition to a permanent cessation of fertile potential, the loss of cyclic ovarian …

Interferon-gamma sensitizes the human salivary gland cell line, HSG, to tumor necrosis factor-alpha induced activation of dual apoptotic pathways

K Kulkarni, K Selesniemi, TL Brown - Apoptosis, 2006 - Springer
Activated immune cells secrete proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha
(TNF-alpha), interferon–gamma (IFN-gamma) and Fas ligand (FasL) and these cytokines …

Identification of committed placental stem cell lines for studies of differentiation

KL Selesniemi, MA Reedy, AD Gultice… - Stem cells and …, 2005 - liebertpub.com
Trophoblasts provide a model to investigate fundamental mechanisms of stem cell
differentiation, but the availability of trophoblast stem cell lines is limited. Here we report the …

[HTML][HTML] Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in conjunction with vascular endothelial growth factor maintains primordial follicle numbers in transplanted mouse …

ME Skaznik-Wikiel, RK Sharma, K Selesniemi, HJ Lee… - Fertility and sterility, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), stem cell
factor (SCF), or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) improve the outcome of ovarian …

Induction of proapoptotic gene expression and recruitment of p53 herald ovarian follicle loss caused by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

…, A Jurisicova, A Kashiwagi, K Selesniemi… - Reproductive …, 2009 - Springer
Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH),
a ubiquitous class of environmental and occupational biohazards, accelerates germ cell …

Hypoxia inhibits differentiation of lineage-specific Rcho-1 trophoblast giant cells

AD Gultice, KL Selesniemi, TL Brown - Biology of reproduction, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Defects in placental development lead to pregnancies at risk for miscarriage and intrauterine
growth retardation and are associated with preeclampsia, a leading cause of maternal …