A novel two-step strategy for in vitro culture of early-stage ovarian follicles in the mouse

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2633-2639

  Jin, Shi Ying ^a,b   Lei, Lei ^a,b   Shikanov, Ariella ^c   Shea, Lonnie D ^c   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; alginate; fertilization; fibrin; Follicle; in vitro culture; oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; FIBRIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY CELL CULTURE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID RELEASE; THECA CELL;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIBRIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; OOCYTES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77952108290     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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