Biomarkers of human oocyte developmental competence expressed in cumulus cells before ICSI: A preliminary study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-188

  Assidi, Mourad ^a   Montag, Markus ^b   Van Der Ven, Katrin ^b   Sirard, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; Genomic biomarkers; Infertility; Oocyte developmental competence; Pregnancy; Zona pellucida birefringence

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BETA ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALMODULIN 1; CALUMENIN; CELL DIVISION CYCLE 2 LIKE 1; CELL DIVISION CYCLE 2 LIKE 2; CHROMOGRANIN B; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 4; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 FAMILY MEMBER 13; HECT DOMAIN AND RLD 3 PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; NEUROPILIN 1; PAXILLIN; PROTEASOME 26S SUBUNIT NON ATPASE 6; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE NII; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE ISOZYME 1; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L9; SELENIUM BINDING PROTEIN 1; SYNAPTOTAGMIN XI; TARGET OF MYB1 PROTEIN; TATA ELEMENT MODULATORY FACTOR 1; TRIPTORELIN; UBIQUILIN 1; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUMULUS CELL; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TRIPTORELIN;

EID: 79953667955     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-010-9491-7     Document Type: Article

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