Identification of potential markers of oocyte competence expressed in bovine cumulus cells matured with follicle-stimulating hormone and/or phorbol myristate acetate in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-222

  Assidi, Mourad ^a   Dufort, Isabelle ^a   Ali, Atef ^a   Hamel, Mélanie ^a   Algriany, Omran ^b   Dielemann, Steph ^b   Sirard, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; Follicle stimulating hormone; Microarray; Oocyte competence; SSH

Indexed keywords

BETACELLULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; INHIBIN A; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COW; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATURATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUMULUS CELLS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 48749098617     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.067686     Document Type: Article

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