Positive impact of sucrose supplementation during slow freezing of cat ovarian tissues on cellular viability, follicle morphology, and DNA integrity

Theriogenology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1553-1561

  Tanpradit, Nae ^a   Comizzoli, Pierre ^b   Srisuwatanasagul, Sayamon ^a   Chatdarong, Kaywalee ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Cryopreservation; Domestic cat; Ovarian tissue; Sucrose; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS;

SUCROSE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CAT; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; SUCROSE; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84928774898     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.01.035     Document Type: Article

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