Transcriptomic analysis of follicular cells provides information on the chromosomal status and competence of unfertilized oocytes

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Fragouli, Elpida ^a,b   Wells, Dagan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Reprogenetics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

aneuploidy; cumulus cells; gene expression; IVF; meiosis; oocyte

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER;

ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CUMULUS CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEIOSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 82955207620     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erm.11.79     Document Type: Review

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