Docosahexaenoic acid mechanisms of action on the bovine oocyte-cumulus complex

Abstract Background Supplementation of bovine oocyte-cumulus complexes during in vitro maturation (IVM) with 1 μM of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), C22:6 n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, was reported to improve in vitro embryo development. The objective of this paper was to decipher the mechanisms of DH...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sebastien Elis, Mouhamad Oseikria, Anais Vitorino Carvalho, Priscila Silvana Bertevello, Emilie Corbin, Ana-Paula Teixeira-Gomes, Jérôme Lecardonnel, Catherine Archilla, Véronique Duranthon, Valérie Labas, Svetlana Uzbekova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Ovarian Research
Subjects:
DHA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13048-017-0370-z