Zahra Anvar

Instructor

Email

zanvar@bcm.edu

Positions

Instructor: Baylor College of Medicine
houston, Texas, United States

Education

PhD from Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli": 12/2013 - Naples, campania, Italy

MSc from Khatam University: 07/2010 - Tehran

BA from Shiraz University: 07/2007 - Shiraz

Selected Publications

ADCY10 frameshift variant leading to severe recessive asthenozoospermia and segregating with absorptive hypercalciuria. " ;
A KHDC3L mutation resulting in recurrent hydatidiform mole causes genome-wide DNA methylation loss in oocytes and persistent imprinting defects post-fertilisation. " ;
A Novel Mutation in NLRP7 Related to Recurrent Hydatidiform Mole and Reproductive Failure. " ;
Assessment of oxytocin level, glucose metabolism components and cutoff values for oxytocin and anti-mullerian hormone in infertile PCOS women. " ;
Clinical and genetic-epignetic aspects of recurrent hydatidiform mole: A review of literature. " ;
Detection of Y Chromosome Microdeletions and Hormonal Profile Analysis of Infertile Men undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies. " ;
Effect of low-dose aspirin on the development of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and outcomes of assisted reproductive techniques in the women with PCOS, a randomized double-blinded clinical trial. " ;
Genetic and epigenetic mutations affect the DNA binding capability of human ZFP57 in transient neonatal diabetes type 1.. " ;
Origins of DNA methylation defects in Wilms tumors. " ;
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome: A Narrative Review of Its Pathophysiology, Risk Factors, Prevention, Classification, and Management. " ;
Sperm DNA methylation of H19 imprinted gene and male infertility. " ;
The Impact of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) Sperm Methylation and Variants on Semen Parameters and the Chance of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss in the Couple. " ;
ZFP57 maintains the parent-of-origin-specific expression of the imprinted genes and differentially affects non-imprinted targets in mouse embryonic stem cells.. " ;
ZFP57 recognizes multiple and closely spaced sequence motif variants to maintain repressive epigenetic marks in mouse embryonic stem cells.. " ;
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis in an Iranian family with a novel mutation in MUT gene. " BMC Med Genet. ; 21
Founder Effect of KHDC3L, p.M1V Mutation, on Iranian Patients with Recurrent Hydatidiform Moles " ;
Pubmed PMID: 32210488.
Glutathione-dependent enzymes in the follicular fluid of the first-retrieved oocyte and their impact on oocyte and embryos in polycystic ovary syndrome: A cross-sectional study " ;
Pubmed PMID: 32754677.
Prevalence of Cytomegalovirus in Semen of Male Partners of Infertile Couples and the Virus Impact on Sperm Parameters " ;
Pubmed PMID: 32500015.
DNA Methylation Dynamics in the Female Germline and Maternal-Effect Mutations That Disrupt Genomic Imprinting " ;
Pubmed PMID: 34440388.
DNA Methylation Dynamics in the Female Germline and Maternal-Effect Mutations That Disrupt Genomic Imprinting " ;
Comparison of Four Protocols for In Vitro Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Trophoblast Lineages by BMP4 and Dual Inhibition of Activin/Nodal and FGF2 Signaling " ;
Pubmed PMID: 37658178.
Loss of the Maternal Effect Gene Nlrp2 Alters the Transcriptome of Ovulated Mouse Oocytes and Impacts Expression of Histone Demethylase KDM1B " ;
Pubmed PMID: 36976514.

Projects

Methylome and transcriptome profiling in Nlrp2 KO mouse model

Languages

Farsi, Italian