Coculture of human oviductal cells maintains mitochondrial function and decreases caspase activity of cleavage-stage mouse embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 178-183

  Xu, Jia Sen ^a   Chan, Samuel Ting Hon ^a   Ho, Pak Chung ^a   Yeung, William Shu Biu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Caspase; Coculture; Embryo; Mitochondria; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CASPASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

EID: 0038045076     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00570-3     Document Type: Article

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