Suboptimal in vitro culture conditions: An epigenetic origin of long-term health effects

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1149-1156

  Fernández Gonzalez, Raúl ^a   Ramirez, Miguel Angel ^a   Bilbao, Ainhoa ^b   De Fonseca, Fernando Rodríguez ^b   Gutiérrez Adán, Alfonso ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

In vitro culture; Long term effect; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BARKER HYPOTHESIS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MEMORY DISORDER; OBESITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HEALTH; HUMANS; MICE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547874966     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20746     Document Type: Article

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