Combined inhibitory effects of low temperature and N-acetyl-L-cysteine on the postovulatory aging of mouse oocytes

Zygote

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 195-205

  Li, Qian ^a   Cui, Long Bo ^a  

^a YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Low temperature; N acetyl L cysteine; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BCL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; COLD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OOCYTES; OVULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84968698130     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199415000039     Document Type: Article

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