A pre-in vitro maturation medium containing cumulus oocyte complex ligand-receptor signaling molecules maintains meiotic arrest, supports the cumulus oocyte complex and improves oocyte developmental competence

Immature Oocytes from Unprimed Juvenile Mice Become a Valuable Source for Embryo Production When Using C-Type Natriuretic Peptide as Essential Component of Culture Medium

(2016) S. Romero et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Extending prematuration with cAMP modulators enhances the cumulus contribution to oocyte antioxidant defence and oocyte quality via gap junctions

(2016) H.J. Li et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Mitochondrial dysfunction in oocytes of obese mothers: transmission to offspring and reversal by pharmacological endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibitors

(2015) L. L. Wu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Oocyte maturation: gamete-somatic cells interactions, meiotic resumption, cytoskeletal dynamics and cytoplasmic reorganization

(2015) Giovanni Coticchio et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Building a better mouse embryo assay: effects of mouse strain and in vitro maturation on sensitivity to contaminants of the culture environment

(2015) Jason R. Herrick et al.   JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS

The beneficial effects of reduced magnesium during the oocyte-to-embryo transition are conserved in mice, domestic cats and humans

(2015) Jason R. Herrick et al.   REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Antioxidant supplementation during in vitro culture improves mitochondrial function and development of embryos from aged female mice

(2015) Elena Silva et al.   REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Evaluation of the simulated physiological oocyte maturation system for improving bovine in vitro embryo production

(2015) A.L.S. Guimarães et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Reevaluation and evolution of the simulated physiological oocyte maturation system

(2015) R.B. Gilchrist et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Dephosphorylation and inactivation of NPR2 guanylyl cyclase in granulosa cells contributes to the LH-induced decrease in cGMP that causes resumption of meiosis in rat oocytes

(2014) J. R. Egbert et al.   DEVELOPMENT

DPPA3 prevents cytosine hydroxymethylation of the maternal pronucleus and is required for normal development in bovine embryos

(2014) Azizollah Bakhtari et al.   Epigenetics

The use of morphokinetics as a predictor of  implantation: a multicentric study to define and validate an algorithm for embryo selection

(2014) N. Basile et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Clinical outcomes following selection of human preimplantation embryos with time-lapse monitoring: a systematic review

(2014) Daniel J. Kaser et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Amphiregulin co-operates with bone morphogenetic protein 15 to increase bovine oocyte developmental competence: effects on gap junction-mediated metabolite supply

(2014) Satoshi Sugimura et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Pre-maturation with cAMP modulators in conjunction with EGF-like peptides during in vitro maturation enhances mouse oocyte developmental competence

(2014) D. Richani et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Fatty acid metabolism during maturation affects glucose uptake and is essential to oocyte competence

(2014) M Paczkowski et al.   REPRODUCTION

In vitro maturation: a committee opinion

(2013)   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Heparin and cAMP modulators interact during pre-in vitro maturation to affect mouse and human oocyte meiosis and developmental competence

(2013) H.-t. Zeng et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

The road to maturation: somatic cell interaction and self-organization of the mammalian oocyte

(2013) Rong Li et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Maturation Environment and Impact on Subsequent Developmental Competence of Bovine Oocytes

(2013) C Wrenzycki et al.   REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS

Luteinizing hormone reduces the activity of the NPR2 guanylyl cyclase in mouse ovarian follicles, contributing to the cyclic GMP decrease that promotes resumption of meiosis in oocytes

(2012) Jerid W. Robinson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

In vitro maturation or in vitro fertilization for women with polycystic ovaries? A case–control study of 194 treatment cycles

(2012) Anne-Sophie Gremeau et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Mouse strain and quality control testing: improved sensitivity of the mouse embryo assay with embryos from outbred mice

(2012) Zaraq Khan et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

NPPC/NPR2 signaling is essential for oocyte meiotic arrest and cumulus oophorus formation during follicular development in the mouse ovary

(2012) Chiyo Kiyosu et al.   REPRODUCTION

IVF versus ICSI for the fertilization of in-vitro matured human oocytes

(2012) M. Walls et al.   REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE

Gap Junction-Mediated Communications Regulate Chromatin Remodeling During Bovine Oocyte Growth and Differentiation Through cAMP-Dependent Mechanism(s)1

(2011) Alberto M. Luciano et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Estradiol Promotes and Maintains Cumulus Cell Expression of Natriuretic Peptide Receptor 2 (NPR2) and Meiotic Arrest in Mouse OocytesIn Vitro

(2011) Meijia Zhang et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Pre-ovulatory LH/hCG surge decreases C-type natriuretic peptide secretion by ovarian granulosa cells to promote meiotic resumption of pre-ovulatory oocytes

(2011) K. Kawamura et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Novel signaling mechanisms in the ovary during oocyte maturation and ovulation

(2011) Marco Conti et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Recent insights into oocyte - follicle cell interactions provide opportunities for the development of new approaches to in vitro maturation

(2011) Robert B. Gilchrist   REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

The Promise of in Vitro Maturation in Assisted Reproduction and Fertility Preservation

(2011) Johan Smitz et al.   SEMINARS IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE

Towards a new understanding on the regulation of mammalian oocyte meiosis resumption

(2010) Qing-Yuan Sun et al.   CELL CYCLE

Simulated physiological oocyte maturation (SPOM): a novel in vitro maturation system that substantially improves embryo yield and pregnancy outcomes

(2010) F. K. Albuz et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Mitochondrial function in the human oocyte and embryo and their role in developmental competence

(2010) Jonathan Van Blerkom   MITOCHONDRION

Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase activity is required for gap junction closure and for part of the decrease in ovarian follicle cGMP in response to LH

(2010) Rachael P Norris et al.   REPRODUCTION

Granulosa Cell Ligand NPPC and Its Receptor NPR2 Maintain Meiotic Arrest in Mouse Oocytes

(2010) M. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Cyclic GMP Signaling Is Involved in the Luteinizing Hormone-Dependent Meiotic Maturation of Mouse Oocytes1

(2009) Sergio Vaccari et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Cyclic GMP from the surrounding somatic cells regulates cyclic AMP and meiosis in the mouse oocyte

(2009) R. P. Norris et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Assessment of a new in vitro maturation system for mouse and human cumulus-enclosed oocytes: three-dimensional prematuration culture in the presence of a phosphodiesterase 3-inhibitor

(2009) L. Vanhoutte et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Stimulates Mitochondrial Biogenesis through cAMP Response Element-binding Protein Phosphorylation and Increased PGC-1α Expression

(2009) Winyoo Chowanadisai et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Effects of cilostamide and forskolin on the meiotic resumption and embryonic development of immature human oocytes

(2008) Y.-m. Shu et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION