Parthenogenic blastocysts derived from cumulus-free In Vitro matured human oocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  McElroy, Sohyun L ^a,b   Byrne, James A ^a,b   Chavez, Shawn L ^a,b   Behr, Barry ^b,c   Hsueh, Aaron J ^b   Westphal, Lynn M ^b,c   Reijo Pera, Renee A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MKLP2; PROTEIN PEG1; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS CELL; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MORULA; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY;

BLASTOCYST; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVARY; PARTHENOGENESIS;

EID: 77956193967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010979     Document Type: Article

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