Prematuration of human denuded oocytes in a three-dimensional co-culture system: Effects on meiosis progression and developmental competence

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 658-669

  Vanhoutte, L ^a   Nogueira, D ^b   De Sutter, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction IFREARES   (France)

Author keywords

Culture conditions; Cumulus cells; in vitro maturation; Oocyte development; Phosphodiesterases

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; PHOSPHODIESTERASE III INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL MATURATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; EMBEDDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GEL; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 61449127392     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den420     Document Type: Article

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