A role for the Warburg effect in preimplantation embryo development: Metabolic modification to support rapid cell proliferation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 311-320

  Krisher, Rebecca L ^a   Prather, Randall S ^b  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE LYASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOCYST; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPID METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDOX STRESS; RNA SYNTHESIS; SOMATIC CELL; WARBURG EFFECT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; PYRUVIC ACID;

EID: 84859876379     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22037     Document Type: Article

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