Lipids are among the most abundant and essential cell components. Specifically,
cytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs) play crucial roles in cellular energy homeostasis. The foci of …

Several vitrification protocols have been established for porcine oocytes so as to facilitate
gene banking of female germplasm. Although live piglets have been successfully produced …

Lipid droplets (LDs), which are ubiquitous organelles consisting of a neutral lipid core
coated with a phospholipid monolayer, play key roles in the regulation of cellular lipid …

Background Currently, there is a high demand for efficient pig embryo cryopreservation
procedures in the porcine industry as well as for genetic diversity preservation and research …

Ice-binding proteins (IBPs) facilitate organism survival under extreme conditions by
inhibiting thermal hysteresis and ice recrystallization. IBPs have been widely used as …

The present study was conducted to evaluate the possibility of using in vitro‐produced
parthenogenetic (PA) embryos for co‐transfer with morulae that had been collected in vivo …

One of the main causes of poor in vitro embryo development (IVEP) efficiency is incomplete
cytoplasmic maturation of pig oocytes. In contrast to nuclear maturation, there are no efficient …

In pigs, successful in vitro production of embryos (IVP) faces significant challenges due to
many defects in various steps of this technique, including: in vitro maturation of oocytes, in …