Human oocyte developmental potential is predicted by mechanical properties within hours after fertilization

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yanez, Livia Z ^a   Han, Jinnuo ^b   Behr, Barry B ^b   Pera, Renee A Reijo ^b,c   Camarillo, David B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; MRE11A PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RPA1 PROTEIN; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TET3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XAB2 PROTEIN; XRCC6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENE EXPRESSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MECHANICS; RODENT;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYO; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; VISCOELASTICITY; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BLASTOCYST; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTOME; VISCOSITY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84959440954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10809     Document Type: Article

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