Probiotics Can Induce Follicle Maturational Competence: The Danio rerio Case

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Gioacchini, Giorgia ^a   Giorgini, Elisabetta ^b   Merrifield, Daniel L ^c   Hardiman, Gary ^d,e   Borini, Andrea ^f   Vaccari, Lisa ^f   Carnevali, Oliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

^f SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA array; Fish reproduction; Follicle maturation; FPA FT IR imaging; Gamete biology; Gene expression; Nutrition; Oocyte maturation; PCR DGGE; Real time PCR; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN BETA A1; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; IMC 501; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROGESTIN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 17,20 DIHYDROXY 4 PREGNEN 3 ONE; 17,20-DIHYDROXY-4-PREGNEN-3-ONE; INHIBIN; INHIBIN BETA A SUBUNIT; MPR BETA PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; MPR-BETA PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; POU5F1 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROBIOTICS; RECEPTORS, LH; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84860643968     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.094243     Document Type: Article

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