Recombinant human albumin supports mouse blastocyst development, suppresses apoptosis in blastocysts and improves fetal development

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 195-201

  Takenaka, Manami ^a   Horiuchi, Toshitaka ^a  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Apoptosis; Assisted reproductive technology; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; HUMAN ALBUMIN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RECOMBINANT HUMAN ALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 35948982198     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2007.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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