Developmental Potential of Prepubertal Mouse Oocytes Is Compromised Due Mainly to Their Impaired Synthesis of Glutathione

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Jiao, Guang Zhong ^a   Cao, Xin Yan ^a   Cui, Wei ^a   Lian, Hua Yu ^a   Miao, Yi Long ^a   Wu, Xiu Fen ^a   Han, Dong ^a   Tan, Jing He ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYSTINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIGASE; MERCAPTAMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CATALYSIS; CELL GRANULE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MICROFILAMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYSPERMY; PREPUBERTY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEAMINE; CYSTINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUTATHIONE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; MICE; OOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84874566815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058018     Document Type: Article

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