Genomic assessment of follicular marker genes as pregnancy predictors for human IVF

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-96

  Hamel, Mélanie ^a   Dufort, Isabelle ^a   Robert, Claude ^a   Léveillé, Marie Claude ^b   Leader, Arthur ^b   Sirard, Marc André ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ottawa Fertility Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Granulosa cells; Infertility; Ovarian follicle; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE 1; PROTEIN CDC42; RGS2 PROTEIN; RGS3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; RGS PROTEIN; RGS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RGS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MARKER GENE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GRANULOSA CELL; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOMICS; GRANULOSA CELLS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RGS PROTEINS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

EID: 77949509061     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap079     Document Type: Article

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