Oocyte mitochondrial function and reproduction

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 175-181

  Babayev, Elnur ^a   Seli, Emre ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fertility; mitochondria; oocyte; reproduction

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY YIELD; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POLAR BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GONAD; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PREGNANCY; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 84929458184     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000164     Document Type: Review

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