Inhibin, activin, follistatin and FSH serum levels and testicular production are highly modulated during the first spermatogenic wave in mice

B Barakat, AE O'Connor, E Gold, DM de Kretser… - …, 2008 - rep.bioscientifica.com
The effect of technical steps of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) on different aspects of
cloned embryo development was investigated in sheep. In vitro-matured oocytes were …

Antioxidant supplementation of culture medium during embryo development and/or after vitrification-warming; which is the most important?

SM Hosseini, M Forouzanfar, M Hajian, V Asgari… - Journal of Assisted …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose To determine the most optimal stage for antioxidant supplementation of culture
medium to improve developmental competence, cryotolerance and DNA-fragmentation of …

Autologous embryo–cumulus cells co-culture and blastocyst transfer in repeated implantation failures: a collaborative prospective randomized study

M Benkhalifa, A Demirol, T Sari, E Balashova… - Zygote, 2012 - cambridge.org
In repeated implantation failure, the co-culture of human embryos with somatic cells has
been reported to promote the improvement of embryos quality, implantation and pregnancy …

Effects of retinoic acid on maturation of immature mouse oocytes in the presence and absence of a granulosa cell co-culture system

LS Tahaei, H Eimani, PE Yazdi, B Ebrahimi… - Journal of assisted …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose Evaluation of the all-trans retinoic acid (t-RA) effects on in vitro maturation (IVM)
and in vitro fertilization (IVF) of immature mouse oocytes in the presence and absence of …

Interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer in Asiatic cheetah using nuclei derived from post-mortem frozen tissue in absence of cryo-protectant and in vitro matured …

F Moulavi, SM Hosseini, N Tanhaie-Vash… - Theriogenology, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent accomplishments in the field of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) hold
tremendous promise to prevent rapid loss of animal genetic resources using ex situ …

Cloned sheep blastocysts derived from oocytes enucleated manually using a pulled pasteur pipette

SM Hosseini, M Hajian, F Moulavi, V Asgari… - … " Cloning and Stem …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
The potential applications of a simplified method of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) that
is improved in both efficiency and throughput is considerable. Technically, a major step of …

Somatic Cell-Induced Hyperacetylation, But Not Hypomethylation, Positively and Reversibly Affects the Efficiency of In Vitro Cloned Blastocyst Production in Cattle

F Jafarpour, SM Hosseini, M Hajian… - … " Cloning and Stem …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Aza-2′-deoxycytidine (AzC), trichostatin A (TSA), and its natural mimetic, sodium butyrate
(NaB), are antineoplastic drugs that can modify the epigenetic status of donor cells prior to …

L-carnitine reduces the adverse effects of ROS and up-regulates the expression of implantation related genes in in vitro developed mouse embryos

G Shafiei, M Almasi, H Nikzad, J Miyan, JA Mahabadi… - Theriogenology, 2020 - Elsevier
In vitro developed embryos are inevitably exposed to various reactive oxygen species (ROS)
which may decrease the embryo's competence in assisted reproductive technology (ART) …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of ovarian cyclic status on in vitro embryo production in cattle

A Pirestani, SM Hosseini, M Hajian… - … Journal of Fertility & …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The relationship between cyclic status of cattle ovaries on in vitro embryo
development up to the blastocyst stage was investigated. Materials and Methods Cattle …

Epigenetic modification with trichostatin A does not correct specific errors of somatic cell nuclear transfer at the transcriptomic level; highlighting the non-random …

SM Hosseini, I Dufort, J Nieminen, F Moulavi… - BMC genomics, 2016 - Springer
Background The limited duration and compromised efficiency of oocyte-mediated
reprogramming, which occurs during the early hours following somatic cell nuclear transfer …