BACKGROUND Pre-eclampsia, small-for-gestational-age infants, preterm birth and
recurrent miscarriage complicate a significant number of pregnancies. The vascular …

Maternal regulatory factors endow the oocyte with developmental competence in vivo, which
might be absent in current in vitro maturation (IVM) systems, thereby compromising oocyte …

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of MSCs-conditioned media (CM)
on quality buffalo embryo production in vitro. MSCs were harvested from Wharton's jelly of 2 …

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a member of the phospholipid autacoid family, is present in
human follicular fluid. The aim of the present study was to compare the developmental …

We examined the expression patterns of porcine sirtuin 1 to 3 (Sirt1–3) genes in
preimplantation embryos derived from parthenogenetic activation (PA), in vitro fertilization …

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of VEGF and Cysteamine during in
vitro maturation (IVM) of bovine oocytes on GSH content and developmental competence …

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), a pleiotropic cytokine, belongs to the
hematopoietic growth factor family. Recent studies have reported that G-CSF is a predictive …

Cloned piglets generated through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) have a high rate of
neonatal death. Postnatal loss is associated with low birth weight, umbilical status and …

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a potent stimulator for angiogenesis, is likely to
regulate implantation by stimulating endometrial angiogenesis and vascular permeability. In …

The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has beneficial effects on ovine oocytes during
in vitro maturation and their subsequent early embryonic development, but the biochemical …