Preimplantation maternal stress impairs embryo development by inducing oviductal apoptosis with activation of the Fas system

This study was supported by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (Nos. 2014CB138503 and 2012CB944403), the China National Natural Science Foundation (Nos. 31272444 and 30972096) and the Animal breeding improvement program of Shandong Province. All authors declare that their participation in the study did not involve factual or potential conflicts of interests.

Source: Molecular Human Reproduction - November 2, 2016 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Zheng, L.-L., Tan, X.-W., Cui, X.-Z., Yuan, H.-J., Li, H., Jiao, G.-Z., Ji, C.-L., Tan, J.-H. Tags: Original research Source Type: research