Androstenedione induces abnormalities in morphology and function of developing oocytes, which impairs oocyte meiotic competence

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 469-476

  Tarumi, Wataru ^a   Tsukamoto, Sanae ^a   Okutsu, Yuki ^a   Takahashi, Noriyuki ^a   Horiuchi, Toshitaka ^b   Itoh, Masanori T ^c   Ishizuka, Bunpei ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

androgen; Androstenedione; follicle culture; folliculogenesis; oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FOLLICLE FLUID; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856399709     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.11.040     Document Type: Article

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