Coculture with cumulus cells improves maturation of mouse oocytes denuded of the cumulus oophorus: observations of nuclear and cytoplasmic events

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2376-2388

  Ge, Li ^a,b   Sui, Hong Shu ^a   Lan, Guo Cheng ^a   Liu, Na ^a   Wang, Jun Zuo ^a   Tan, Jing He ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAISHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; glutathione; mouse; MPF activity; oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CUMULUS CELLS; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUTATHIONE; MATURATION-PROMOTING FACTOR; MEIOSIS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44349102037     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.054     Document Type: Article

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