Human embryos developing in vitro are susceptible to impaired epithelial junction biogenesis correlating with abnormal metabolic activity

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2214-2224

  Eckert, Judith J ^a,e,f   Houghton, Franchesca D ^b,e   Hawkhead, Judith A ^b   Balen, Adam H ^c   Leese, Henry J ^b   Picton, Helen M ^d   Cameron, Iain T ^e   Fleming, Tom P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Blastocyst; Human embryo; Tight junction; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METABOLISM; MORULA; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

EID: 34547850407     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem147     Document Type: Article

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