Oocyte environment: Follicular fluid and cumulus cells are critical for oocyte health

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 303-316

  Dumesic, Daniel A ^a   Meldrum, David R ^b   Katz Jaffe, Mandy G ^c   Krisher, Rebecca L ^c   Schoolcraft, William B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Reproductive Partners Medical Group   (United States)

^c National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

cumulus cells; follicular fluid; metabolomics; Oocyte; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL MARKER; CYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH FACTOR; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL METABOLISM; CUMULUS CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FERTILIZATION; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MACROMOLECULE; MATERNAL AGE; MEIOSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLITE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE QUALITY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; POLAR BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELL AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; OOCYTES;

EID: 84923123965     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.11.015     Document Type: Review

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