Reduced oxygen concentration improves the developmental competence of mouse oocytes following in vitro maturation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 893-903

  Preis, Kimberly A ^a,b   Seidel Jr , George E ^b   Gardner, David K ^a  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

EGF; Glucose uptake; IVM; Metabolism; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLIC RATE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHLORETIN; PHLORHIZIN;

EQUIDAE; MUS;

EID: 34249789855     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20655     Document Type: Article

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