In vitro oocyte maturation and preantral follicle culture from the luteal-phase baboon ovary produce mature oocytes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 689-697

  Xu, Min ^a,b   Fazleabas, Asgerally T ^c   Shikanov, Ariella ^b,d   Jackson, Erin ^a,b   Barrett, Susan L ^a,b   Hirshfeld Cytron, Jenny ^a,b   Kiesewetter, Sarah E ^a,b   Shea, Lonnie D ^b,d   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Fibrin alginate matrigel; Follicle; In vitro follicle growth; In vitro maturation; Luteal phase

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; FIBRIN; FOLLITROPIN; MATRIGEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABOON; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MEIOSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PAPIO; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

PAPIO; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 79953285700     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.088674     Document Type: Article

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