Molecular profiling of human oocytes after vitrification strongly suggests that they are biologically comparable with freshly isolated gametes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2804-2807

  Di Pietro, Cinzia ^a   Vento, Marilena ^b   Guglielmino, Maria Rosa ^a   Borz, Placido ^b   Santonocito, Manuela ^a   Ragusa, Marco ^a   Barbagallo, Davide ^a   Duro, Laura Rita ^a   Majorana, Alessandra ^a   De Palma, Adele ^b   Garofalo, Maria Rita ^b   Minutolo, Elisa ^b   Scollo, Paolo ^b   Purrello, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

gene expression; Human oocytes; molecular markers; real time RT PCR; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITRIFICATION;

CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; OOCYTES; RNA STABILITY; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 78650200997     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.060     Document Type: Article

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