Oocyte cryopreservation: Searching for novel improvement strategies

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 865-875

  Clark, Natalie A ^a   Swain, Jason E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffers; Composition; Cryopreservation; Meiotic stages; Membrane; Microfluidics; Oocyte; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FETUIN; FICOLL; HYALURONIC ACID; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; MACROMOLECULE; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLOMICS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OSMOLALITY; PH; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; VITRIFICATION; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; MICE; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84881120879     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0028-8     Document Type: Article

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