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Overview

Kutluk Oktay is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with an emphasis on reproductive medicine. Their work spans various subfields related to reproductive health, including molecular biology, oncology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's notable recent papers include:

  • Individual-oocyte transcriptomic analysis shows that genotoxic chemotherapy depletes human primordial follicle reserve in vivo by triggering proapoptotic pathways without growth activation, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Clinical features and the maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Increased chemotherapy-induced ovarian reserve loss in women with germline BRCA mutations due to oocyte deoxyribonucleic acid double strand break repair deficiency, 2020, Fertility and Sterility
  • History, Evolution and Current State of Ovarian Tissue Auto-Transplantation with Cryopreserved Tissue: a Successful Translational Research Journey from 1999 to 2020, 2020, Reproductive Sciences
  • Association of Germline BRCA Pathogenic Variants With Diminished Ovarian Reserve: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient-Level Data, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Their research involves topics related to reproductive biology and fertility, ovarian function and disorders, reproductive health and technologies, ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, sperm and testicular function, cancer risks and factors, and pluripotent stem cells research.

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Volkan Turan
  • Giuliano Bedoschi
  • Loris Marin
  • Enes Taylan
  • Heejung Bang

Publications predominantly appear in these venues:

  • Fertility and Sterility
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Reproduction
  • Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

The primary fields and subfields of study reflect a broad engagement with medical sciences, focusing on reproductive medicine with contributions to molecular biology and oncology. The scope of work illustrates interdisciplinary approaches connecting public health, reproductive technologies, and cancer research.

Best Publications

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Recommendations on Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients

    Stephanie J. Lee;Leslie R. Schover;Ann H. Partridge;Pasquale Patrizio

  • Fertility Preservation for Patients With Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update

    Alison W. Loren;Pamela B. Mangu;Lindsay Nohr Beck;Lawrence Brennan

  • Fertility Preservation in Patients With Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update.

    Kutluk Oktay;Brittany E. Harvey;Ann H. Partridge;Gwendolyn P. Quinn

  • Embryo development after heterotopic transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue

    Kutluk Oktay;Erkan Buyuk;Lucinda Veeck;Nikica Zaninovic

  • Ovarian function after transplantation of frozen, banked autologous ovarian tissue.

    Kutluk Oktay;Guvenç Karlikaya

  • Fertility preservation in female patients

    Murat Sonmezer;Kutluk Oktay

  • Fertility Preservation in Breast Cancer Patients: A Prospective Controlled Comparison of Ovarian Stimulation With Tamoxifen and Letrozole for Embryo Cryopreservation

    Kutluk Oktay;Erkan Buyuk;Natalie Libertella;Munire Akar

  • Efficiency of oocyte cryopreservation: a meta-analysis.

    Kutluk Oktay;Aylin Pelin Cil;Heejung Bang

  • Safety of Fertility Preservation by Ovarian Stimulation With Letrozole and Gonadotropins in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Prospective Controlled Study

    Amr A. Azim;Maria Costantini-Ferrando;Kutluk Oktay

  • Letrozole reduces estrogen and gonadotropin exposure in women with breast cancer undergoing ovarian stimulation before chemotherapy.

    Kutluk Oktay;Ariel Hourvitz;Gulnaz Sahin;Ozgur Oktem

  • Development of human primordial follicles to antral stages in SCID/hpg mice stimulated with follicle stimulating hormone

    K Oktay;H Newton;J Mullan;R G Gosden

  • ENDOCRINE FUNCTION AND OOCYTE RETRIEVAL AFTER AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANTATION OF OVARIAN CORTICAL STRIPS TO THE FOREARM

    Kutluk Oktay;Katherine Economos;Mark Kan;James Rucinski

  • Impairment of BRCA1-related DNA double-strand break repair leads to ovarian aging in mice and humans

    Shiny Titus;Fang Li;Robert Stobezki;Komala Akula

  • Association of BRCA1 Mutations With Occult Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Possible Explanation for the Link Between Infertility and Breast/Ovarian Cancer Risks

    Kutluk Oktay;Ja Yeon Kim;David Barad;Samir Babayev

  • Isolation and characterization of primordial follicles from fresh and cryopreserved human ovarian tissue

    Kutluk Oktay;David Nugent;Helen Newton;Osama Salha

  • Fertility preservation in breast cancer patients: IVF and embryo cryopreservation after ovarian stimulation with tamoxifen

    K. Oktay;E. Buyuk;O. Davis;I. Yermakova

  • Quantitative assessment of the impact of chemotherapy on ovarian follicle reserve and stromal function

    Ozgur Oktem;Kutluk Oktay

  • Cryopreservation of immature human oocytes and ovarian tissue: An emerging technology?☆

    Kutluk Oktay;Kutluk Oktay;Helen Newton;Yves Aubard;Osama Salha

  • Fertility preservation in young women undergoing breast cancer therapy.

    Murat Sonmezer;Kutluk Oktay

  • Chemotherapy-induced damage to ovary: mechanisms and clinical impact.

    Giuliano Bedoschi;Giuliano Bedoschi;Paula Andrea de Albuquerque Salles Navarro;Kutluk Oktay

Frequent Co-Authors

Zev Rosenwaks
Zev Rosenwaks Cornell University
Filippo G. Giancotti
Filippo G. Giancotti Columbia University
Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz
Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz New York Medical College
Ann H. Partridge
Ann H. Partridge Harvard University
Mark E. Robson
Mark E. Robson Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Norbert Gleicher
Norbert Gleicher Center for Human Reproduction
Hugh S. Taylor
Hugh S. Taylor Yale University
Glenn E. Palomaki
Glenn E. Palomaki Brown University
Beth Y. Karlan
Beth Y. Karlan University of California, Los Angeles
John Z. H. Zhang
John Z. H. Zhang New York University

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