Follicular progesterone concentrations and messenger RNA expression of MATER and OCT-4 in immature bovine oocytes as predictors of developmental competence

Theriogenology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1179-1187

  Urrego, R ^a,b   Herrera Puerta, E ^b   Chavarria, N A ^b   Camargo, O ^c   Wrenzycki, C ^d   Rodriguez Osorio, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estradiol; FST; Gene expression; MATER; OCT 4; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

AUTOANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLISTATIN; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; CUMULUS CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; VETERINARY;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FOLLISTATIN; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84926249880     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.12.024     Document Type: Article

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