Acid ceramidase improves the quality of oocytes and embryos and the outcome of in vitro fertilization

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1229-1238

  Eliyahu, Efrat ^a   Shtraizent, Nataly ^a   Martinuzzi, Kurt ^a   Barritt, Jason ^a   He, Xingxuan ^a   Wei, Hong ^b   Chaubal, Sanjeev ^b   Copperman, Alan B ^a   Schuchman, Edward H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Trans Ova Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ceramide; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ACID CERAMIDASE; CERAMIDASE; CERAMIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CUMULUS CELL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; METHODOLOGY;

ACID CERAMIDASE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OOCYTES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77951624861     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-145508     Document Type: Article

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