Effect of warming rate on the survival of vitrified mouse oocytes and on the recrystallization of intracellular ice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 727-737

  Seki, Shinsuke ^a   Mazur, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Cryopreservation; Devitrification; Mouse oocytes; Ovum; Recrystallization of intracellular ice; Viability; Vitrification; Warming rate

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ICE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FEMALE; FICOLL; ICE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OOCYTES; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 53349097107     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.069401     Document Type: Article

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