Cathepsin B activity has a crucial role in the developmental competence of bovine cumulus–oocyte complexes exposed to heat shock during in vitro maturation

The role of mitochondrial transition pores on bovine oocyte competence after heat stress, as determined by effects of cyclosporin A

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Oxamflatin Significantly Improves Nuclear Reprogramming, Blastocyst Quality, and In Vitro Development of Bovine SCNT Embryos

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Blastocyst quality scoring based on morphologic grading correlates with cell number

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Cathepsin B activity is related to the quality of bovine cumulus oocyte complexes and its inhibition can improve their developmental competence

(2010) A.Z. Balboula et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Intracellular cathepsin B activity is inversely correlated with the quality and developmental competence of bovine preimplantation embryos

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Depletion of Kinesin 5B Affects Lysosomal Distribution and Stability and Induces Peri-Nuclear Accumulation of Autophagosomes in Cancer Cells

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Identification of Novel Bovine Cumulus Cell Molecular Markers Predictive of Oocyte Competence: Functional and Diagnostic Implications1

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Cysteine Cathepsins Trigger Caspase-dependent Cell Death through Cleavage of Bid and Antiapoptotic Bcl-2 Homologues

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Inhibition of calpains improves memory and synaptic transmission in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease

(2008) Fabrizio Trinchese et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

BH4 peptide derived from Bcl-xL and Bax-inhibitor peptide suppresses apoptotic mitochondrial changes in heat stressed bovine oocytes

(2008) Paolete Soto et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Effects of heat stress during in vitro maturation on cytoplasmic versus nuclear components of mouse oocytes

(2008) Jun-Zuo Wang et al.   REPRODUCTION

Heat shock at the germinal vesicle breakdown stage induces apoptosis in surrounding cumulus cells and reduces maturation rates of porcine oocytes in vitro

(2008) Y. Yuan et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

The antioxidant epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) moderates the deleterious effects of maternal hyperthermia on follicle-enclosed oocytes in mice

(2008) Z. Roth et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY