中文摘要：

简要概括DNA损伤修复系统在人体中的作用和机制，并探讨其改变与人类生殖能力以及通过辅助生殖技术诞生的子代之间的相互影响。希望更多相关工作的进行能够为人类小孕症的预防、诊断和治疗工作建立一个更好的医疗体系。

英文摘要：

DNA mismatch repair （MMR） is one of the biological pathways, which plays a critical role in DNA home- ostasis, primarily by repairing base-pair mismatches and insertion/deletion loops that occur during DNA replication. MMR also takes part in other metabolic pathways and regulates cell cycle arrest. Defects in MMR are associated with genomic instability, predisposition to certain types of cancers and resistance to certain therapeutic drugs. Moreover, genetic and epigenetic alterations in the MMR system demonstrate a significant relationship with human fertility and related treatments, which helps us to understand the etiology and susceptibility of human infertility. Alterations in the MMR system may also influence the health of offspring conceived by assisted reproductive technology in humans. However, further studies are needed to explore the specific mechanisms by which the MMR system may affect human infertility. This review addresses the physiological mechanisms of the MMR system and associations between altera- tions of the MMR system and human fertility and related treatments, and potential effects on the next generation.