Poor embryo development in post-ovulatory in vivo-aged mouse oocytes is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, but mitochondrial transfer from somatic cells is not sufficient for rejuvenation

This study was supported by Grants-in-Aid for General Science Research to Toshifumi Takahashi (No. 25462550) and Hideki Igarashi (No. 26462474). The funding source played no role in study design in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.

Source: Human Reproduction - September 18, 2016 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Igarashi, H., Takahashi, T., Abe, H., Nakano, H., Nakajima, O., Nagase, S. Tags: Reproductive biology Source Type: research