Age-associated telomere shortening in mouse oocytes

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yamada Fukunaga, Tomoko ^a   Yamada, Mitsutoshi ^a   Hamatani, Toshio ^a   Chikazawa, Nana ^a   Ogawa, Seiji ^a   Akutsu, Hidenori ^b   Miura, Takumi ^b   Miyado, Kenji ^b   Tarín, Juan J ^c   Kuji, Naoaki ^a   Umezawa, Akihiro ^b   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mouse oocyte; Oxidative stress; Postovulatory aging; Reproductive aging; Telomere; Tert

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL;

MUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MICE; OOCYTES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887874965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-108     Document Type: Article

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