Factors affecting the gene expression of in vitro cultured human preimplantation embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 298-311

  Mantikou, E ^a,b   Jonker, M J ^b,c   Wong, K M ^a   Van Montfoort, A P A ^d   De Jong, M ^b,e   Breit, T M ^b,c   Repping, S ^a   Mastenbroek, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS BIOINFORMATICS CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e GenomeScan BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culture medium; Developmental stage; Gene expression; Human preimplantation embryos; In vitro fertilization; Maternal age; Oxygen concentration

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; CULTURE MEDIUM; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; MATERNAL AGE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORULA; OOCYTE DONATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM;

BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OXYGEN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84988306459     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev306     Document Type: Article

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