Promotion of human early embryonic development and blastocyst outgrowth in vitro using autocrine/paracrine growth factors.

Studies using animal models demonstrated the importance of autocrine/paracrine factors secreted by preimplantation embryos and reproductive tracts for embryonic development and implantation. Although in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) is an established procedure, there is no evidence th...

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Main Authors: Kazuhiro Kawamura, Yuan Chen, Yimin Shu, Yuan Cheng, Jie Qiao, Barry Behr, Renee A Reijo Pera, Aaron J W Hsueh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3495911?pdf=render