Germ cell-specific Atg7 knockout results in primary ovarian insufficiency in female mice

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Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a common cause of infertility in around 1-2% of women aged <40 years. However, the mechanisms that cause POI are still poorly understood. Here we showed that germ cell-specific knockout of an essential autophagy induction gene Atg7 led to subfertility in female mice. The subfertility of Atg7 deletion females was caused by severe ovarian follicle loss, which is very similar...

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