Effects of vitrification on the expression of pluripotency, apoptotic and stress genes in in vitro-produced porcine blastocysts

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1072-1081

  Castillo Martín, Miriam ^a   Yeste, Marc ^b   Pericuesta, Eva ^c   Morató, Roser ^c   Gutiérrez Adán, Alfonso ^c   Bonet, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryotop; DNA fragmentation; peroxide levels; polymerase chain reaction; real time reverse transcription

Indexed keywords

BCL2 LIKE 1; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PEROXIDE; PROTEIN BAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL STRESS; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC CELL PLURIPOTENCY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIG; STRESS GENE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUNEL ASSAY; UPREGULATION; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; ANIMAL; EMBRYO CULTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

SUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84940045339     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD13405     Document Type: Article

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