Differential gene expression in cumulus cells as a prognostic indicator of embryo viability: A microarray analysis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-168

  van Montfoort, Aafke P A ^a   Geraedts, Joep P M ^a   Dumoulin, John C M ^a   Stassen, Alphons P M ^b   Evers, Johannes L H ^a   Ayoubi, Torik A Y ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Cumulus cells; Early cleavage; Gene expression; Microarray

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE; CATENIN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CYCLIN D2; CYTOKINE; DELTA CATENIN 1; DISHEVELLED 3 PROTEIN; DISHEVELLED PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 3; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIPARTITE MOTIF PROTEIN 28; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 40949144792     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gam088     Document Type: Article

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