Autologous Germline Mitochondrial Energy Transfer (AUGMENT) in Human Assisted Reproduction

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 410-421

  Woods, Dori C ^a   Tilly, Jonathan L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

germline stem cell; in vitro fertilization; mitochondria; oocyte; oogonial stem cell; ooplasmic transfer

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT STEM CELL; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS GERMLINE MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DNA SEQUENCE; DONOR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOMATIC CELL; AGE; ANIMAL; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL AGING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84951569213     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1567826     Document Type: Article

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