Systematic analysis of the factors that adversely affect the rate of cell accumulation in mouse embryos during their culture in vitro

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jin, Xing L ^a   O'Neill, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cell hypoxia; Embryotrophins; Nutrition; Reproductive techniques; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; LIGAND; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT INSULIN GROWTH FACTOR I; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1, MOUSE; OXYGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM-FREE MEDIUM; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ACCUMULATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HYBRID; HYBRID MOUSE STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; SUPPLEMENTATION; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; MICRODISSECTION; SERUM-FREE MEDIUM;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICRODISSECTION; OXYGEN; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84901604347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-12-35     Document Type: Article

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