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