Development to the blastocyst stage, the oxidative state, and the quality of early developmental stage of porcine embryos cultured in alteration of glucose concentrations in vitro under different oxygen tensions

• Main Authors: Ohnuma Katsuhiko (Author), Somfai Tamás (Author), Ozawa Manabu (Author), Fahrudin Mokhamad (Author), Kikuchi Kazuhiro (Author), Karja Ni (Author), Noguchi Junko (Author), Kaneko Hiroyuki (Author), Nagai Takashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent work has shown that glucose may induce cell injury through the action of free radicals generated by autooxidation or through hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase inhibition. The effect of glucose during early in vitro cultur...