Assessment of the integrity of human oocytes retrieved from cryopreserved ovarian tissue after xenotransplantation
Author(s) -
S. Samuel Kim,
Hee Gyu Kang,
Nam Hyung Kim,
Hoi Chang Lee,
Hyang Heun Lee
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dei099
Subject(s) - biology , andrology , xenotransplantation , in vitro maturation , oocyte , cryopreservation , transplantation , chromatin , ovarian cortex , ovarian tissue cryopreservation , embryo , fertility preservation , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , genetics , dna , fertility , population , environmental health
Previous studies showed that immature oocytes stored in ovarian tissue could develop to the mature stage after transplantation. However, the quality and competency of the oocytes developed in xenografted ovarian tissue have never been investigated. As a pilot study to investigate this uncharted issue, we evaluated microtubule organization and chromatin configuration of human oocytes harvested from xenografted frozen-thawed ovarian tissue.
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