Inducible nitric oxide synthase and heme oxygenase 1 are expressed in human cumulus cells and may be used as biomarkers of oocyte competence

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1370-1377

  Bergandi, Loredana ^a   Basso, Gemma ^b   Evangelista, Francesca ^b   Canosa, Stefano ^b   Dalmasso, Paola ^b   Aldieri, Elisabetta ^a   Revelli, Alberto ^b   Benedetto, Chiara ^b   Ghigo, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heme oxygenase 1; Human cumulus cells; Human in vitro fertilization; Nitric oxide synthase (iNOS, eNOS, and nNOS) isoforms

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HMOX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; I KAPPA B; NF-KAPPAB INHIBITOR ALPHA; NOS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CUMULUS CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HUMANS; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OOCYTES; PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84909639310     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719114525268     Document Type: Article

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