Cryopreservation of mammalian oocytes by using sugars: Intra- and extracellular raffinose with small amounts of dimethylsulfoxide yields high cryosurvival, fertilization, and development rates

Cryobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Eroglu, Ali ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Dimethylsulfoxide; Freezing; Glass transition temperature; Microinjection; Oocyte; Raffinose; Sugar

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; RAFFINOSE; SUGAR; CARBOHYDRATE; PRESERVATION SOLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZE THAWING; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COLD; FREEZING; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTREME COLD; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; OVULATION INDUCTION; RAFFINOSE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 79952118752     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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