Ammonium induces aberrant blastocyst differentiation, metabolism, pH regulation, gene expression and subsequently alters fetal development in the mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1109-1117

  Lane, Michelle ^a   Gardner, David K ^a  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Early development; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141683784     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.018093     Document Type: Article

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