Low mitochondrial DNA and ATP contents contribute to the absence of birefringent spindle imaged with PolScope in in vitro matured human oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1681-1686

  Zeng, Hai Tao ^a   Ren, Zi ^a   Yeung, William S B ^b,c   Shu, Yi Min ^a,d   Xu, Yan Wen ^a   Zhuang, Guang Lun ^a   Liang, Xiao Yan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Special Administrative Region ^*  (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Mitochondria; Oocyte; PolScope; Spindle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBONYL CYANIDE 4 (TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)PHENYLHYDRAZONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPE;

EID: 34447321569     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem070     Document Type: Article

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