Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and co-culture can affect post-thaw development and apoptosis in cryopreserved embryos

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 215-222

  Desai, Nina ^a   Kattal, Namita ^a   AbdelHafez, Faten F ^a   Szeptycki Lawson, Julia ^a   Goldfarb, James ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Blastocyst; Co culture; Cryopreservation; Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST INNER CELL MASS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; VERO CELLS;

EID: 34547668876     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-007-9119-8     Document Type: Article

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