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Gene expression of granulosa and cumulus cells: The prospect in predicting the quality and developmental competence of oocytes in vitro maturation
BICHUN ZHAO1, XUEQING WU2,*, YITONG YUAN1, YUANTAO GAO1, XIAO LI2, RUOCHEN DU1, SUMING XU2, RUXIN ZHANG1, CHUNFANG WANG1,*
1 Laboratory Animal Center, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030000, China
2 Center of Reproductive Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Shanxi and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Taiyuan, 030000, China
* Address correspondence to: Chunfang Wang, ; Xueqing Wu,
BIOCELL 2020, 44(4), 487-499. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2020.011638
Received 21 May 2020; Accepted 12 August 2020; Issue published 24 December 2020
Abstract
In vitro maturation (IVM), a promising assisted reproductive technology (ART), has been evolving in clinical
trials and applications. There is a huge potential demand for IVM in clinical practice because it reduces the stimulation of
gonadotropins to patients and provides evidence for the safety of neonatal birth. Unfortunately, the maturation rate of
oocytes
in vivo is not as high as it is
in vivo due to a different microenvironment. Moreover, there are still
controversies in predicting the developmental capability of oocytes in IVM. The granulosa cells (GCs) and cumulus
cells (CCs), closely surrounding the oocytes, play a critical role in oocytes development, while some studies have
shown that they can reflect the quality of oocytes. Many studies have been conducted in terms of oocyte quality in
transcriptional level in GCs and CCs of mice,
Xenopus africanus, and
Homo sapiens, which provides important
enlightenment for the successful clinical application of IVM. However, no comprehensive reviews about how gene
expression profiles affect oocytes quality have been reported. This review aimed to elucidate the gene expression
profiles of GCs and CCs that have effects on the quality and developmental competence of oocytes maturation in
vitro. And we also put forward a possible idea for ART in the future, integrating all gene expression profiles of GCs
and CCs and predicting the quality of the oocytes.
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APA Style
ZHAO, B., WU, X., YUAN, Y., GAO, Y., LI, X. et al. (2020). Gene expression of granulosa and cumulus cells: the prospect in predicting the quality and developmental competence of oocytes in vitro maturation. BIOCELL, 44(4), 487-499. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2020.011638
Vancouver Style
ZHAO B, WU X, YUAN Y, GAO Y, LI X, DU R, et al. Gene expression of granulosa and cumulus cells: the prospect in predicting the quality and developmental competence of oocytes in vitro maturation. BIOCELL . 2020;44(4):487-499 https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2020.011638
IEEE Style
B. ZHAO et al., "Gene expression of granulosa and cumulus cells: The prospect in predicting the quality and developmental competence of oocytes in vitro maturation," BIOCELL , vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 487-499. 2020. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2020.011638