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Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2024. The characteristics of the Ca2+ signals that activate mammalian eggs at fertilization. Current Topics in Developmental Biology 162 , pp. 317-350. 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2024.12.002 Item availability restricted.

Saleh, Alaaeldin, Thanassoulas, Angelos, Aliyev, Elnur, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449, Naija, Azza, Yalcin, Huseyin C., Lai, F. Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Nomikos, Michail 2024. Development of recombinant PLC-zeta protein as a therapeutic intervention for the clinical treatment of Oocyte Activation Failure. Biomedicines 12 (6) , 1183. 10.3390/biomedicines12061183

-Eshalomi, Cindy, Aliyev, Elnur, Hoehn, Sven, Jurkowski, Tomasz P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-0240 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2023. Sperm induce a secondary increase in ATP levels in mouse eggs that is independent of Ca2+ oscillations. Biochemical Journal 480 (24) , pp. 2023-2035. 10.1042/bcj20230065

Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2023. Sperm-induced Ca2+ release in mammalian eggs: The roles of PLCζ, InsP3, and ATP. Cells 12 (24) , 2809. 10.3390/cells12242809

Biolková, Marie, Moore, Tom, Schindler, Karen, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449, Vail, Andy, Flook, Lindsay, Dick, Helen, Fitzharris, Greg, Price, Christopher A. and Spears, Norah 2023. Investigation of potential gender bias in the peer review system at Reproduction. Learned Publishing 36 (1) , pp. 25-30. 10.1002/leap.1537

Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2022. PLCzeta as the sperm factor that activates eggs: 20 years on. Reproduction 164 (1) , E1-E4. 10.1530/REP-22-0148

Thanassoulas, Angelos, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449, Lai, F Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Nomikos, Michail 2022. Sperm factors and egg activation: the structure and function relationship of sperm plcz1. Reproduction 164 (1) , F1-F8. 10.1530/REP-21-0477

Wang, Yisu, Pope, Iestyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-0389, Brennan-Craddock, Henry, Poole, Emma, Langbein, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-1023, Borri, Paola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7873-3314 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2022. A primary effect of palmitic acid on mouse oocytes is the disruption of the structure of the endoplasmic reticulum. Reproduction 163 (1) , pp. 45-56. 10.1530/REP-21-0332

Graham, Chris F., Windsor, Shane, Ajduk, Anna, Trinh, Thanh, Vincent, Anna, Jones, Celine, Coward, Kevin, Kalsi, Dilraj, Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Thomas, Adrian L. R. 2021. Dynamic shapes of the zygote and two-cell mouse and human. Biology Open 10 (12) , bio059013. 10.1242/bio.059013

Ostler, Timothy, Woolley, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6225-5365, Kaouri, Katerina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9850-253X, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449, Thomson, Andrew, Priddle, Helen, Palmer, Giles and Kaouri, Katerina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9850-253X 2021. Vitrifying multiple embryos in different arrangements does not alter the cooling rate. Cryobiology 103 , pp. 22-31. 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2021.10.001

Pope, Iestyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-0389, Ferreira, Nuno G. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3749-3836, Wang, Yisu, Masia, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4958-410X, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449, Kille, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6023-5221, Langbein, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-1023 and Borri, Paola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7873-3314 2021. Background-free 3D four-wave mixing microscopy of single gold nanoparticles inside biological systems. Presented at: European Conference on Biomedical Optics 2021, Munich, Germany, 20-24 June 2021. European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2021 (ECBO). OSA Technical Digest Optical Society of America, EM3B.6.

Storey, Anna, Elgmati, Khalil, Wang, Yisu, Knaggs, Paul and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2021. The role of ATP in the differential ability of Sr2+ to trigger Ca2+ oscillations in mouse and human eggs. Molecular Human Reproduction 27 (1) , gaaa086. 10.1093/molehr/gaaa086

Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2020. The soluble sperm factor that activates the egg: PLCzeta and beyond. Reproduction 160 (1) 10.1530/REP-20-0079

Bradley, Josephine, Pope, Iestyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-0389, Wang, Yisu, Langbein, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-1023, Borri, Paola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7873-3314 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2019. Dynamic label-free imaging of lipid droplets and their link to fatty acid and pyruvate oxidation in mouse eggs. Journal of Cell Science 132 (13) , jcs228999. 10.1242/jcs.228999

Bradley, Josephine and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2019. Mitochondria and lipid metabolism in mammalian oocytes and early embryos. International Journal of Developmental Biology 63 (3-4-5) , pp. 93-103. 10.1387/ijdb.180355ks

Borri, Paola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7873-3314, Bradley, Josephine, Pope, Iestyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-0389, Langbein, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-1023 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2019. Imaging lipids in living mammalian oocytes and early embryos by coherent Raman scattering microscopy. Presented at: SPIE BIOS, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2-7 February 2019. Proceedings Volume 10890, Label-free Biomedical Imaging and Sensing (LBIS) 2019. , vol.108900 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), p. 3. 10.1117/12.2506248

Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2018. The role of Ca 2+ in oocyte activation during In Vitro fertilization: Insights into potential therapies for rescuing failed fertilization. BBA - Molecular Cell Research 1865 (11) , pp. 1830-1837. 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2018.05.003

Pope, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-0389, Masia, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4958-410X, Bradley, J., Ewan, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6622-9009, Karuna, A., Payne, L., Guschina, I., Harwood, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-2612, Swann, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449, Dale, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4880-9963, Watson, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0250-7852, Langbein, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-1023 and Borri, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7873-3314 2018. Coherent Raman Scattering microscopy: technology developments and biological applications. Presented at: 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Bucharest, Romania, 1-5 Jul 2018. 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON). IEEE, 10.1109/ICTON.2018.8473706

FitzHarris, Greg, Carroll, John and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2018. Electrical-assisted microinjection for analysis of fertilization and cell division in mammalian oocytes and early embryos. Methods in Cell Biology 144 , pp. 431-440. 10.1016/bs.mcb.2018.03.036

Sanders, Jessica, Ashley, Bethany, Moon, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6587-4425, Woolley, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6225-5365 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2018. PLCz induced Ca2+ oscillations in mouse eggs involve a positive feedback cycle of Ca2+ induced InsP3 formation from cytoplasmic PIP2. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 6 , 36. 10.3389/fcell.2018.00036

Nomikos, Michail, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2017. Fundamental role for sperm phospholipase C ζ in mammalian fertilization. De Jonge, Christopher J. and Barratt, Christopher L. R., eds. The Sperm Cell, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 177-192. (10.1017/9781316411124.014)

Nomikos, Michail, Stamatiadis, Panagiotis, Sanders, Jessica Rose, Beck, Konrad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5098-9484, Calver, Brian Lewis, Buntwal, Luke, Lofty, Morgan, Sideratou, Zili, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2017. Male infertility-linked point mutation reveals a vital binding role for the C2 domain of sperm PLCζ. Biochemical Journal 474 (6) , pp. 1003-1016. 10.1042/BCJ20161057

Kashir, Junaid, Buntwal, Luke, Nomikos, Michail, Calver, Brian L., Stamatiadis, Panagiotis, Ashley, Peter, Vassilakopoulou, Vyronia, Sanders, David, Knaggs, Paul, Livaniou, Evangelia, Bunkheila, Adnan, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2017. Antigen unmasking enhances visualization efficacy of the oocyte activation factor, phospholipase C zeta, in mammalian sperm. Molecular Human Reproduction 23 (1) , pp. 54-67. 10.1093/molehr/gaw073

Sanders, Jessica R. and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2016. Molecular triggers of egg activation at fertilization in mammals. Reproduction 152 (2) , R41. 10.1530/REP-16-0123

Bradley, Josephine, Pope, Iestyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-0389, Masia, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4958-410X, Sanusi, Randa, Langbein, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-1023, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Borri, Paola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7873-3314 2016. Quantitative imaging of lipids in live mouse oocytes and early embryos using CARS microscopy. Development 143 , pp. 2238-2247. 10.1242/dev.129908

Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2016. The sperm phospholipase C-ζ and Ca2+ signalling at fertilization in mammals. Biochemical Society Transactions 44 (1) , pp. 267-272. 10.1042/BST20150221

Haverfield, Jenna, Nakagawa, Shoma, Love, Daniel, Tsichlaki, Elina, Nomikos, Michail, Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and FitzHarris, Greg 2016. Ca2+ dynamics in oocytes from naturally-aged mice. Scientific Reports 6 , 19357. 10.1038/srep19357

Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2016. Egg activation at fertilization by a soluble sperm protein. Physiological Reviews 96 (1) , pp. 127-149. 10.1152/physrev.00012.2015

Nomikos, Michail, Sanders, Jessica Rose, Parthimos, Dimitris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3852-323X, Buntwal, Luke, Calver, Brian Lewis, Stamatiadis, Panagiotis, Smith, Adrian, Clue, Matthew, Sideratou, Zili, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2015. Essential role of the EF-hand domain in targeting sperm phospholipase Cζ to membrane phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2). Journal of Biological Chemistry 290 (49) , pp. 29519-29530. 10.1074/jbc.M115.658443

Sanusi, Randa, Yu, Yuansong, Nomikos, Michail, Lai, F. Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2015. Rescue of failed oocyte activation after ICSI in a mouse model of male factor infertility by recombinant phospholipase Cζ. Molecular Human Reproduction 21 (10) , pp. 783-791. 10.1093/molehr/gav042

Nomikos, Michail, Sanders, Jessica R., Kashir, Junaid, Sanusi, Randa, Buntwal, Luke, Love, Daniel, Ashley, Peter, Sanders, David, Knaggs, Paul, Bunkheila, Adnan, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2015. Functional disparity between human PAWP and PLCζ in the generation of Ca2+ oscillations for oocyte activation. Molecular Human Reproduction 21 (9) , pp. 702-710. 10.1093/molehr/gav034

Kashir, Junaid, Nomikos, Michail, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2015. PLCζ or PAWP: revisiting the putative mammalian sperm factor that triggers egg activation and embryogenesis. Molecular Human Reproduction 21 (5) , pp. 383-388. 10.1093/molehr/gav009

Nomikos, Michail, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2015. Is PAWP the 'real' sperm factor? Asian Journal of Andrology 17 (3) , pp. 444-446. 10.4103/1008-682X.142145

Nomikos, Michail, Sanders, Jessica Rose, Theodoridou, Maria, Kashir, Junaid, Matthews, Emily, Nounesis, George, Lai, Francis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2014. Sperm-specific post-acrosomal WW-domain binding protein (PAWP) does not cause Ca2+ release in mouse oocytes. Molecular Human Reproduction 20 (10) , pp. 938-947. 10.1093/molehr/gau056

Kashir, Junaid, Nomikos, Michail, Lai, Francis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2014. Sperm-induced Ca2+ release during egg activation in mammals. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 450 (3) , pp. 1204-1211. 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.04.078

Nomikos, Michail, Theodoridou, Maria, Elgmati, Khalil, Parthimos, Dimitris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3852-323X, Calver, Brian L., Buntwal, Luke, Nounesis, George, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, F. Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2014. Human PLCζ exhibits superior fertilization potency over mouse PLCζ in triggering the Ca2+ oscillations required for mammalian oocyte activation. Molecular Human Reproduction 20 (6) , pp. 489-498. 10.1093/molehr/gau011

Gonzalez-Garcia, Jose Raul, Bradley, Josephine, Nomikos, Michail, Paul, Laboni, Machaty, Zoltan, Lai, F. Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2014. The dynamics of MAPK inactivation at fertilization in mouse eggs. Journal of Cell Science 127 (12) , pp. 2749-2760. 10.1242/jcs.145045

Fourrage, C., Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449, Gonzalez Garcia, Jose Raul, Campbell, A. K. and Houliston, E. 2014. An endogenous green fluorescent protein-photoprotein pair in Clytia hemisphaerica eggs shows co-targeting to mitochondria and efficient bioluminescence energy transfer. Open Biology 4 (4) , p. 130206. 10.1098/rsob.130206

Theodoridou, Maria, Nomikos, Michail, Parthimos, Dimitris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3852-323X, Gonzalez-Garcia, J., Elgmati, K., Calver, Brian Lewis, Sideratou, Z., Nounesis, G., Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2013. Chimeras of sperm PLCζ reveal disparate protein domain functions in the generation of intracellular Ca2+ oscillations in mammalian eggs at fertilization. Molecular Human Reproduction 19 (12) , pp. 852-864. 10.1093/molehr/gat070

Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2013. PLCζ and the initiation of Ca2+ oscillations in fertilizing mammalian eggs. Cell Calcium 53 (1) , pp. 55-62. 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.11.001

Gonzalez Garcia, Jose, Machaty, Zoltan, Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2013. The dynamics of PKC-induced phosphorylation triggered by Ca2+oscillations in mouse eggs. Journal of Cellular Physiology 228 (1) , pp. 110-119. 10.1002/jcp.24110

Nomikos, Michail, Yu, Yuansong, Elgmati, Khalil, Theodoridou, Maria, Campbell, Karen, Vassilakopoulou, Vyronia, Zikos, Christos, Livaniou, Evangelia, Amso, Nazar Najib ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8646-6623, Nounesis, George, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2013. Phospholipase Cζ rescues failed oocyte activation in a prototype of male factor infertility. Fertility and Sterility 99 (1) , pp. 76-85. 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.08.035

Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2013. Measuring Ca2+ Oscillations in Mammalian Eggs. Homer, Hayden A., ed. Mammalian Oocyte Regulation, Vol. 957. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, pp. 231-248. (10.1007/978-1-62703-191-2_16)

Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449, Windsor, Shane, Campbell, Karen, Elgmati, Khalil, Nomikos, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9761-6327, Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena, Amso, Nazar Najib ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8646-6623, Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547, Thomas, Adrian and Graham, Christopher 2012. Phospholipase C-ζ-induced Ca2+ oscillations cause coincident cytoplasmic movements in human oocytes that failed to fertilize after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Fertility and Sterility 97 (3) , pp. 742-747. 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.12.013

Yu, Yuansong, Nomikos, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9761-6327, Theodoridou, Maria, Nounesis, George, Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2012. PLCζ causes Ca2+ oscillations in mouse eggs by targeting intracellular and not plasma membrane PI(4,5)P2. Molecular Biology of the Cell 23 (2) , pp. 371-380. 10.1091/mbc.E11-08-0687

Nomikos, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9761-6327, Elgmati, Khalil, Theodoridou, Maria, Calver, Brian Lewis, Nounesis, George, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2011. Phospholipase C binding to PtdIns(4,5)P2 requires the XY-linker region. Journal of Cell Science 124 (15) , pp. 2582-2590. 10.1242/jcs.083485

Ajduk, Anna, Ilozue, Tagbo, Windsor, Shane, Yu, Yuansong, Seres, K. Bianka, Bomphrey, Richard J., Tom, Brian D., Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449, Thomas, Adrian, Graham, Chris and Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena 2011. Rhythmic actomyosin-driven contractions induced by sperm entry predict mammalian embryo viability. Nature Communications 2 , 417. 10.1038/ncomms1424

Nomikos, Michail, Elgmati, Khalil, Theodoridou, Maria, Calver, Brian Lewis, Cumbes, Bevan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8529-0040, Nounesis, George, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2011. Male infertility-linked point mutation disrupts the Ca2+oscillation-inducing and PIP2hydrolysis activity of sperm PLCζ. Biochemical Journal 434 (2) , pp. 211-217. 10.1042/BJ20101772

Nomikos, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9761-6327, Elgmati, Khalil, Theodoridou, Maria, Georgilis, Athena, Gonzalez-Garcia, J. Raul, Nounesis, George, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2011. Novel regulation of PLCζ activity via its XY-linker. Biochemical Journal 438 , pp. 427-432. 10.1042/BJ20110953

Phillips, Sally Victoria, Yu, Yuansong, Rossbach, Andreas Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6041-7348, Nomikos, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9761-6327, Vassilakopoulou, Vyronia, Livaniou, Evangelia, Cumbes, Bevan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8529-0040, Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547, George, Christopher H. and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2011. Divergent effect of mammalian PLC-zeta in generating Ca2+ oscillations in somatic cells versus eggs. Biochemical Journal 438 , pp. 545-533. 10.1042/BJ20101581

Nomikos, Michail ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9761-6327, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2011. Starting a new life: Sperm PLC-zeta mobilizes the Ca2+ signal that induces egg activation and embryo development. BioEssays 34 (2) , pp. 126-134. 10.1002/bies.201100127

Nomikos, Michail, Elgmati, Khalil, Theodoridou, Maria, Calver, Brian Lewis, Cumbes, Bevan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8529-0040, Nounesis, George, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 2011. Male infertility-linked point mutation disrupts the Ca2+ oscillation-inducing and PIP2 hydrolysis activity of sperm PLCζ [Erratum]. The Biochemical Journal 435 (3) , p. 791.

Yu, Yuansong, Dumollard, Remi, Rossbach, Andreas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6041-7348, Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2010. Redistribution of mitochondria leads to bursts of ATP production during spontaneous mouse oocyte maturation. Journal of Cellular Physiology 224 (3) , pp. 672-680. 10.1002/jcp.22171

Dumollard, R., Carroll, J., Duchen, M. R., Campbell, Karen and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2009. Mitochondrial function and redox state in mammalian embryos. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 20 (3) , pp. 346-353. 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.12.013

Ajduk, Anna M., Ciemerych, Maria A., Nixon, Victoria, Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 and Maleszewski, Marek 2008. Fertilization differently affects the levels of cyclin B1 and M-phase promoting factor activity in maturing and metaphase II mouse oocytes. Reproduction 136 (6) , pp. 741-752. 10.1530/REP-08-0271

Yu, Yuansong, Halet, Guillaume, Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2008. Regulation of diacylglycerol production and protein kinase C stimulation during sperm- and PLCζ-mediated mouse egg activation. Biology of the Cell 100 (11) , pp. 633-643. 10.1042/BC20080033

Dumollard, Rémi, Campbell, Karen, Halet, Guillaume, Carroll, John and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2008. Regulation of cytosolic and mitochondrial ATP levels in mouse eggs and zygotes. Developmental Biology 316 (2) , pp. 431-440. 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.02.004

Yu, Yuansong, Saunders, Christopher Matthew, Lai, Francis Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-8547 and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2008. Preimplantation development of mouse oocytes activated by different levels of human phospholipase C zeta. Human Reproduction 23 (2) , pp. 365-373. 10.1093/humrep/dem350

Campbell, Karen and Swann, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-1449 2006. Ca2+ oscillations stimulate an ATP increase during fertilization of mouse eggs. Developmental Biology 298 (1) , pp. 225-233. 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.06.032

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