Mitochondrial DNA in Day 3 embryo culture medium is a novel, non-invasive biomarker of blastocyst potential and implantation outcome

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1238-1246

  Stigliani, S ^a   Persico, L ^b   Lagazio, C ^b   Anserini, P ^a   Venturini, P L ^a,c   Scaruffi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cell free DNA; Human embryos; Implantation; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

DNA SECRETOME; GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC MARKER;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTULATION POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO VIABILITY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL FUNCTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHECTODERM; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930399466     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau086     Document Type: Article

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