Successful cryopreservation of mouse oocytes by using low concentrations of trehalose and dimethylsulfoxide

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-78

  Eroglu, Ali ^a,c   Bailey, Sarah E ^a   Toner, Mehmet ^b   Toth, Thomas L ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CB 2803 ^*

Author keywords

Freezing; Glass transition temperature; In vitro fertilization; Microinjection; Oocyte cryopreservation; Sugar; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; TREHALOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CROSSES, GENETIC; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; OOCYTES; TREHALOSE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARTEMIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 58149485346     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.070383     Document Type: Article

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