Harmful effects of anti-zona pellucida antibodies in folliculogenesis, oogenesis, and fertilization

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Calongos, Giannina ^a   Hasegawa, Akiko ^a   Komori, Shinji ^a   Koyama, Koji ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti zona pellucida antibodies; Fertilization; Folliculogenesis; Oogenesis; Preantral follicles

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA PELLUCIDA ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULOSA CELL; METAPHASE; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 61849173486     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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