Melatonin protects porcine oocyte in vitro maturation from heat stress

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 365-375

  Li, Yu ^a   Zhang, ZhenZhen ^a   He, ChangJiu ^a   Zhu, KuanFeng ^a   Xu, ZhiYuan ^a,b   Ma, Teng ^a   Tao, JingLi ^a   Liu, GuoShi ^a,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antioxidant; heat stress; melatonin; oocyte; porcine; reproduction

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; ESTRADIOL; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; POLG2 PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B BETA; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SIRTUIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT STRESS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLAR BODY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; TUNEL ASSAY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HEAT; OOCYTE; PIG;

ANIMALS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MELATONIN; OOCYTES; SWINE;

EID: 84942100008     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12268     Document Type: Article

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