The influence of Tocotrienol on the development of preimplantation embryos and pregnancy outcome in corticosterone-treated mice / Nasibah Azme by Azme, Nasibah

“…It was found that TCT (90 mg/kg) improved the quality of embryo whereas TCT (60 mg/kg) increased the number of embryos that reached hatched blastocyst stage in CORT-treated groups. In addition to that, TCT (60 mg/kg) increased the implantation sites, whereas TCT (120 mg/kg) decreased the resorption percentage and increased the level of progesterone hormone towards control in CORT-treated pregnant mice. …”
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Tocotrienols and Oxidative stress in oocytes and developing embryos / Yuhaniza Shafinie Kamsani and Mohd Hamim Rajikin. by Kamsani, Yuhaniza Shafinie, Rajikin, Mohd Hamim

“…Having more profound anti-oxidative stress effects than its counterpart tocopherol, TCTs improve blastocyst implantation, foetal growth, pregnancy outcome and survival of the neonates affected by nicotine. …”
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Randomized, controlled pilot trial of natural versus hormone replacement therapy cycles in frozen embryo replacement in vitro fertilization by Mounce, G, McVeigh, E, Turner, K, Child, T

“…PATIENT(S): Women (n = 159) planning an FER cycle at the Oxford Fertility Unit, aged <40 years at the time their embryos were frozen; with at least one blastocyst or two cleavage-stage embryos in storage; regular ovulatory cycles; and at most two previous FER cycles. …”

Characterisation of the dynamic behaviour of lipid droplets in the early mouse embryo using adaptive harmonic generation microscopy by Watanabe, T, Thayil, A, Jesacher, A, Grieve, K, Debarre, D, Wilson, T, Booth, M, Srinivas, S

“…At fertilization, LD are small and uniformly distributed, but in the implanting blastocyst, LD are larger and enriched in the invading giant cells of the trophectoderm. …”

Novel molecular markers for assessment of human embryo competence by Poli, M

“…The validated embryo-derived protein catalogue and blastocyst gene expression profiles generated in this study, provides access to a thorough document for consultation in human embryology proteomics-based experiment design, paving the way to next-generation proteomic-based embryo assessment.…”

Molecular genetic approaches for the determination of embryo viability by Spath, KE

“…</p> <p>After extensive validation, the novel preimplantation genetic screening technique was successfully implemented clinically for testing of blastocyst-stage embryos and now offers a valuable option for couples undergoing in vitro fertilisation combined with preimplantation genetic screening. …”

Mouse Obox and Crxos modulate pre-implantation transcriptional profiles revealing similarity between paralogous mouse and human homeobox genes by Royall, A, Maeso, I, Dunwell, T, Holland, P

“…We find distinct transcriptomic influences for different Obox sub-groups and Crxos, including modulation of genes related to zygotic genome activation and preparation for blastocyst formation. Comparison with similar experiments performed using human homeobox genes reveals striking overlap between genes downstream of mouse Crxos and genes downstream of human ARGFX.…”

Comparison of In Vitro developmental competence of cloned caprine embryos using donor karyoplasts from adult bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells vs ear fibroblast cells by Kwong, P.J., Nam, H.Y., Khadijah, W.E.W., Kamarul, Tunku, Abdullah, R.B.

“…However, the in vitro development of MSCs-derived cloned embryos (25.3) to the blastocyst stage was significantly higher (p<0.05) than those derived with EFCs (20.6). …”

Effects of ghrelin on in vitro nuclear maturation and subsequent embryo development of immature bovine oocytes by Dashtizad, Mojtaba, Haron, Abd Wahid, Othman, Abas Mazni, Yusoff, Rosnina, Daliri, Morteza, Hajarian, Hadi

“…Development of efficient culture system to support embryonic development would be valuable when percentage of produced embryos reaching to the blastocyst stage is important. However, the rate of bovine embryo production in vitro is still lower than expected. …”
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Cryotop device enhances vitrification outcome of immature Bovine Oocytes. by Hajarian, Hadi, Haron, Wahid, Yusoff, Rosnina, Morteza, Daliri, Mojtaba, Dashtizad, Mirzapour, Tooba, Yimer, Nurhusien, Muhammad Modu, Bukar, Ismail, Mohd Iswadi, Othman, Abas Mazni

“…Vitrified oocytes in cryotop group had highest cleavage and blastocyst rates. All of the mean measured rates for vitrified/warmed immature oocytes were significantly lower than that of control group (p<0.05). …”
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Cellular endocrinology in health and disease / by Ulloa-Aguirre, Alfredo., Conn, P. Michael. 400973

High Frequency of Intravenous Injection of Human Adipose Stem Cell Conditioned Medium Improved Embryo Development of Mice in Advanced Maternal Age through Antioxidant Effects by Kihae Ra, Hyun Ju Oh, Geon A Kim, Sung Keun Kang, Jeong Chan Ra, Byeong Chun Lee

“…Consequently, compared to the control group, blastocyst formation rate of parthenotes was significantly promoted in 4-month-old mice and the mean number of implanted fetuses after natural mating was significantly increased by approximately two-fold in 6-month-old mice. …”
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Preliminary Trials on Embryo Production and Collection in the Somba Cow by F. Cristofori, G. Quaranta, M. Sidibe, M. Mattoni, G. Trucchi, D. Belemsaga

“…The embryos were collected at 6.5 days at the stage of compacted morula or young blastocyst. Of the 30 flushings performed, 87 embryos were recovered. …”
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#155 : Embryo Thaw and Biopsy - A Clinical Guide for Patients by Vivian Leung, Shelley Zhang, Kerri Johnson, Kelli Sorby

“…There was no correlation between time to blastulate, time to form full blastocyst or culture time and euploidy rate. At the time of our study, 18 of the 32 euploid embryos were thawed and transferred, resulting in 44.4% clinical pregnancy rate. …”
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#368 : Non-Invasive PGT: A Preliminary Experience by Rashi Kanoi, Sujatha Ramakrishna, Rohit Gutgutia

“…Method: Test group embryos (N=23) underwent non-invasive PGT by spent blastocyst media analysis and were compared with control group embryos (N=25) subjected to invasive PGT. …”
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Ectopic pregnancy risk factors in infertile patients: a 10-year single center experience by Federico Cirillo, Ilaria Paladino, Camilla Ronchetti, Andrea Busnelli, Emanuela Morenghi, Leonora Grilli, Pasquale Patrizio, Elena Zannoni, Paolo Emanuele Levi-Setti

“…Other factors associated with EP incidence were also identified, such as female age, basal FSH, the transfer of blastocyst embryos and difficulties during the embryo transfer procedure. …”
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Derivation of the human embryonic stem cell line RCe010-A (RC-6) by P.A. De Sousa, B.J. Tye, K. Bruce, P. Dand, G. Russell, D.M. Collins, H. Bradburn, J. Gardner, J.M. Downie, M. Bateman, A. Courtney

“…The human embryonic stem cell line RCe010-A (RC-6) was derived from a frozen and thawed blastocyst voluntarily donated as unsuitable and surplus to fertility requirements following ethics committee approved informed consent under licence from the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. …”
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Improvement of developmental competence of aged porcine oocytes by means of the synergistic effect of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) by I. Petrová, R. Rajmon, M. Sedmíková, Z. Kuthanová, F. Jílek, J. Rozinek

“…We observed development to the morula (21%) or blastocyst (25%) stage in oocytes aged for 1 day with EGF and IGF-1. …”
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Hypoblast Formation in Bovine Embryos Does Not Depend on NANOG by Claudia Springer, Valeri Zakhartchenko, Eckhard Wolf, Kilian Simmet

“…At day 8, <i>NANOG</i>-KO blastocysts showed a decreased total cell number when compared to controls from SCNT (NT Ctrl). …”
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Fatty Acids and Metabolomic Composition of Follicular Fluid Collected from Environments Associated with Good and Poor Oocyte Competence in Goats by Dolors Izquierdo, Montserrat Roura, Míriam Pérez-Trujillo, Sandra Soto-Heras, María-Teresa Paramio

“…In previous studies we have found differences in blastocyst development between oocytes coming of small (<3 mm) and large follicles (>3 mm) in prepubertal (1–2 months-old) goats. …”
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