Cellular and molecular mechanisms of various types of oocyte aging

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-249

  Takahashi, Toshifumi ^a   Igarashi, Hideki ^a   Amita, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Hara, Shuichiro ^a   Kurachi, Hirohisa ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium regulation; Oocyte aging; Ovarian aging; Oxidative stress; Postovulatory oocyte aging

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME C; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA TUBULIN; GLUTATHIONE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PENTOBARBITAL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOREDOXIN 1;

AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE FERTILITY; GAMETE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; POLYSPERMY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84855888740     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12522-011-0099-0     Document Type: Review

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