IVM and gene expression of sheep cumulus–oocyte complexes following different methods of vitrification

Ebrahimi, Bita; Valojerdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh; Eftekhari-Yazdi, Poopak; Baharvand, Hossein; Farrokhi, Ali

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.10.020

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Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 26-34, January 2010

IVM and gene expression of sheep cumulus–oocyte complexes following different methods of vitrification

Bita Ebrahimi
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, PO Box 14115–111, Tehran, Iran
Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, PO Box 14115–111, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Embryology, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
- Corresponding author.
Poopak Eftekhari-Yazdi
- Department of Embryology, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Hossein Baharvand
- Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Science and Culture, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Ali Farrokhi
- Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

Received 8 March 2009; received in revised form 26 May 2009; accepted 7 October 2009. published online 07 December 2009.

Declaration: The authors report no financial or commercial conflicts of interest.

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Bita Ebrahimi is a PhD Student in the Anatomy Department of Tarbiat Modarres University. She is currently completing her PhD thesis on reproductive biomedicine in the Royan Institute. Under the supervision of Professor Mojtaba Rezazadeh, Dr Poopak Eftekhari and Dr Hossein Baharvand, her research focuses on vitrification, in-vitro maturation and gene expression in the cumulus–oocyte complex.