Impaired placental vasculogenesis compromises the growth of sheep embryos developed in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fidanza, Antonella ^a   Toschi, Paola ^a   Zacchini, Federica ^a   Czernik, Marta ^a   Palmieri, Chiara ^a   Scapolo, Pieraugusto ^a   Modlinski, Jacek A ^b   Loi, Pasqualino ^a   Ptak, Grazyna E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; developmental origins of health and disease; fetal growth; in vitro embryo culture; placenta; placental vasculogenesis; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL SHEEP; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HEMOPERICARDIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; ANIMAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 84906232851     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.113902     Document Type: Article

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