Chemically defined media and the culture of mammalian preimplantation embryos: historical perspective and current issues

MC Summers, JD Biggers - Human reproduction update, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Considerable advances in media development for the culture of preimplantation mammalian
embryos have been made since mouse embryos were first cultured and successfully …

[PDF][PDF] Reflections on the culture of the preimplantation embryo

JD Biggers - International Journal of Developmental Biology, 1998 - scholar.archive.org
There has been a considerable improvement in the media available for the culture of
preimplantation mouse embryos during the 40 years since mouse embryos were first …

[PDF][PDF] Alleviation of the'2-cell block'and development to the blastocyst of CF1 mouse embryos: role of amino acids, EDTA and physical parameters

DK Gardner, M Lane - Human reproduction, 1996 - researchgate.net
The role of amino acids, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), transferrin, oxygen,
glucose, glutamine, taurine and ammonium in CFl mouse zygote development in culture …

Enhanced results in mouse and human embryo culture using a modified human tubal fluid medium lacking glucose and phosphate

P Quinn - Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 1995 - Springer
Purpose Because various recent studies in both human and laboratory animals have
indicated an influential role of glucose and phosphate in embryonic development, this study …

[PDF][PDF] What is the relationship between the metabolism of preimplantation embryos and their developmental competence?

DK Barnett, BD Bavister - Molecular Reproduction and …, 1996 - researchgate.net
Although mammalian embryo development may be considered strictly to begin with the
formation of an oocyte, and progresses through implantation, organogenesis, and fetal …

[PDF][PDF] Spermatozoal transcriptome profiling for bull sperm motility: a potential tool to evaluate semen quality

N Bissonnette, JP Lévesque-Sergerie, C Thibault… - …, 2009 - researchgate.net
REPRODUCTION Page 1 REPRODUCTION RESEARCH Spermatozoal transcriptome profiling
for bull sperm motility: a potential tool to evaluate semen quality Nathalie Bissonnette1,2 …

Fertilization in vitro of mouse ova from inbred and outbred strains: complete preimplantation embryo development in glucose-supplemented KSOM

MC Summers, PR Bhatnagar, JA Lawitts… - Biology of …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
A new medium derived from the use of sequential simplex optimization methods (SOM) that
overcomes the block to development beyond two cells in vitro in embryos of the CF1 …

Early human embryo metabolism

HJ Leese, J Conaghan, KL Martin, K Hardy - Bioessays, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐invasive microanalytical methods have been devised to study the energy metabolism
of single human preimplantation embryos. Psyruvate, which is added routinely to all media …

Role of glucose in mouse preimplantation embryo development

KL Martin, HJ Leese - Molecular reproduction and development, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Mouse preimplantation embryos consume pyruvate preferentially during the early
developmental stages, before glucose becomes the predominant energy substrate in the …

[PDF][PDF] Decreased leptin uptake in hypothalamic nuclei with ageing in Wistar rats

T Fernández-Agulló, C Arribas, A Andrés… - Journal of …, 2001 - Citeseer
Leptin interacts with specific receptors in hypothalamic nuclei and modulates energy
balance. Growing evidence has shown the association of obesity and hyperleptinaemia with …