Natriuretic peptides improve the developmental competence of in vitro cultured porcine oocytes

• Главные авторы: Yanhao Zhang (Автор), Huarong Wang (Автор), Wei Liu (Автор), Ye Yang (Автор), Xiao Wang (Автор), Zhiyuan Zhang (Автор), Qirui Guo (Автор), Chao Wang (Автор), Guoliang Xia (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Natriuretic peptides (NPs), brain and C type NPs (BNP and CNP), were involved in the maintenance of porcine oocyte meiotic arrest. The present study investigated the effects of NPs on developmental competence of immature porcine oocytes with follicles of different sizes. Methods...