LITERATURE · PEER REVIEWED

ASH1L contributes to oocyte apoptosis by regulating DNA damage

American Journal of Physiology–Cell Physiology · 2022 · Peer reviewed

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Citation and identifiers

Zhang T, Ren T, Lin H, et al.. “ASH1L contributes to oocyte apoptosis by regulating DNA damage.” American Journal of Physiology–Cell Physiology. 323(4):C1264–C1273 · doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00196.2022.

PubMed ID
36094439

RESEARCH QUESTION

Does Ash1l overexpression alter DNA-damage signaling and oocyte survival in mouse fetal ovaries?

The experiment links Ash1l overexpression to altered double-strand-break repair signaling and increased oocyte apoptosis, a perturbation direction that cannot establish fertility risk from ASH1L haploinsufficiency.

INTERPRETATION BOUNDARY

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What this study supports

Ash1l overexpression in mouse fetal ovaries altered DNA double-strand-break repair signaling and increased oocyte apoptosis in the tested system.

What it cannot establish

This is an overexpression experiment—the opposite perturbation direction from haploinsufficiency—and does not establish fertility risk in people with ASH1L-related disorder.

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