Extracellular vesicle-mediated delivery of molecular compounds into gametes and embryos: Learning from nature

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 627-639

  Barkalina, Natalia ^a   Jones, Celine ^a   Wood, Matthew J A ^a   Coward, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Delivery; Extracellular vesicles; Gametes; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSPORT; EXOSOME; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GAMETE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; THERAPY EFFECT; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NANOPARTICLES; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84941951786     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmv027     Document Type: Article

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