MicroRNAs in assisted reproduction and their potential role in IVF failure

In Vivo

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-175

  Siristatidis, Charalampos ^a   Vogiatzi, Paraskevi ^a   Brachnis, Nikos ^b   Liassidou, Aspasia ^a   Iliodromiti, Zoe ^b   Bettocchi, Stefano ^c   Chrelias, Charalampos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Endometrium; Fertility; Gene expression; Implantation; IVF; MiRNA; Review

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; OVARY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84928106145     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: 17917549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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