Reduction of connexin 43 in human cumulus cells yields good embryo competence during ICSI

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 463-466

  Hasegawa, Junichi ^a   Yanaihara, Atsushi ^a   Iwasaki, Shinji ^a   Mitsukawa, Kaori ^a   Negishi, Momoko ^a   Okai, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Cumulus cells; Embryo development; Gap junction; IVF

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CONNEXIN 43; CUMULUS CELLS; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 35649014307     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-007-9155-4     Document Type: Article

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