Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 2051-2060, May 2009

Paracrine factors from cumulus-enclosed oocytes ensure the successful maturation and fertilization in vitro of denuded oocytes in the cat model

  • Natasha M. Godard, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Species Survival, Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia
    • Department of Biology, American University, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Budhan S. Pukazhenthi, B.V.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Species Survival, Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • David E. Wildt, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Species Survival, Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Pierre Comizzoli, D.V.M., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Species Survival, Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Pierre Comizzoli, D.V.M., Ph.D., Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, P.O. Box 37012 MRC 5502, Washington, DC 20013-7012 (FAX: 202-673-4733).

Received 26 March 2008; received in revised form 13 May 2008; accepted 16 May 2008. published online 11 August 2008.

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 N.M.G. has nothing to disclose. B.S.P. has nothing to disclose. D.E.W. has nothing to disclose. P.C. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by grant K01 RR020045 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland. Funding also was received from the American University, Washington, District of Columbia.

 The contents of this study are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH.

PII: S0015-0282(08)01179-5

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.069

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 2051-2060, May 2009

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