The effect of progesterone and exogenous gonadotropin on preimplantation mouse embryo development and implantationSoraya Rasi Ghaemi
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Exp Anim 57:27-34. 2008
..001). The progesterone injection without ovarian induction improved the embryo survival and implantation rates, but after superovulation it did not ameliorate the negative effects of superovulation on the implantation rate...
- Effect of laser zona thinning on vitrified-warmed embryo transfer at the cleavage stage: a prospective, randomized study
Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi
Embryology Department, Reproductive Medicine Research Center, Royan Institute, 12 Hafez St, Banihashem St, Resalat St, PO Box 19395 4644, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Reprod Biomed Online 20:234-42. 2010
..004, respectively). Therefore the results of this investigation show that laser zona thinning may have an unexpected adverse effect on the rates of clinical pregnancy and implantation of vitrified-warmed embryos at the cleavage stage...
- Effect of laser zona pellucida opening on clinical outcome of assisted reproduction technology in patients with advanced female age, recurrent implantation failure, or frozen-thawed embryos
Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi
Department of Embryology, Infertility and IVF Unit, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Fertil Steril 90:84-91. 2008
..To determine whether laser-assisted hatching can improve clinical outcome of assisted reproductive techniques in patients with advanced female age, with recurrent implantation failure, or who are using frozen-thawed embryos...
- Vitrification versus slow freezing gives excellent survival, post warming embryo morphology and pregnancy outcomes for human cleaved embryos
Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi
Embryology Department, Reproductive Medicine Research Center, Royan Institute, ACECR, 19395 4644, Tehran, Iran
J Assist Reprod Genet 26:347-54. 2009
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- In vitro maturation, apoptotic gene expression and incidence of numerical chromosomal abnormalities following cryotop vitrification of sheep cumulus-oocyte complexes
Bita Ebrahimi
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
J Assist Reprod Genet 27:239-46. 2010
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of cryotop vitrification of sheep cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) on oocyte maturation, apoptotic gene expression and incidence of chromosomal abnormalities...
- Development of vitrified-warmed mouse embryos co-cultured with polarized or non-polarized uterine epithelial cells using sequential culture media
Mehri Azadbakht
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
J Assist Reprod Genet 25:251-61. 2008
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- Sheep ovarian tissue vitrification by two different dehydration protocols and needle immersing methods
Rouhollah Fathi
Department of Embryology, Infertility and IVF Unit, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Cryo Letters 32:51-6. 2011
..These results indicated that sheep ovarian tissue vitrification by the 2-step method was simpler and more effective than the 4-step method...
- Effect of laser-assisted hatching and necrotic blastomere removal on the development of vitrified-warmed four-cell mouse embryos
Rouhollah Fathi
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, PO Box 14115 111, Iran
J Assist Reprod Genet 25:333-9. 2008
..To investigate the effect of laser-assisted hatching and necrotic blastomere removal on the development of vitrified-warmed mouse embryos...
- Derivation of new human embryonic stem cell lines from preimplantation genetic screening and diagnosis-analyzed embryos
Adeleh Taei
Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, P O Box 19395 4644, Tehran, Iran
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 46:395-402. 2010
..These results further indicate that hESC lines can be derived from PGD/PGS-analyzed embryos that are destined to be discarded and can serve as an alternative source for normal euploid lines...
- 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
Reprod Biomed Online 20:26-34. 2010
..In conclusion, direct cryotop, when compared with other vitrification methods, seemed to be safe and could increase the viability, post-warming maturation and maturation-gene expression rates of sheep COC...
- Light and electron microscopic study of epithelial cells from the human oviduct and uterus subcultured on extracellular matrix gel
Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad
Department of Embryology, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
J Reprod Med 52:503-12. 2007
..To investigate the structure of epithelial cells from the human oviduct and uterus on extracellular matrix (ECM) gel in the first passage...
- Previous maternal chemotherapy by cyclophosphamide (Cp) causes numerical chromosome abnormalities in preimplantation mouse embryos
Zeinab Barekati
Biology Department, Faculty of Basic Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Reprod Toxicol 26:278-81. 2008
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- Differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells into hepatocyte-like cells on nanofibers and their transplantation into a carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis model
Abbas Piryaei
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, PO Box 14115 111, Tehran, Iran
Stem Cell Rev 7:103-18. 2011
..These results showed that topographic properties of nanofibers enhance differentiation of HLCs from MSCs and maintain their function in long-term culture, which has implications for cell therapies...
- Establishment and in vitro differentiation of a new embryonic stem cell line from human blastocyst
Hossein Baharvand
Department for Biology of Stem Cells, Royan Institute, P O Box 19395 4644, Tehran, Iran
Differentiation 72:224-9. 2004
..These results define Royan H1 cells as a new human embryonic stem cell line...
- Ultrastructural changes of sheep cumulus-oocyte complexes following different methods of vitrification
Bita Ebrahimi
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modares University, P O BOX 14115 111, Tehran, Iran
Zygote 20:103-15. 2012
..In conclusion, the cryotop vitrification method as compared with other methods seems to have a good post-warming survivability and shows less deleterious effects on the ultrastructure of healthy vitrified-warmed sheep COCs...
- Transplantation and homing of mouse embryonic stem cells treated with erythropoietin in spleen and liver of irradiated mice
Mandana Beigi Boroujeni
Dept of Anatomy, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Iran Biomed J 13:87-94. 2009
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- Morphologic, ultrastructural, and biochemical identification of apoptosis in vitrified-warmed mouse ovarian tissue
Tahere Mazoochi
Department of Anatomy, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Fertil Steril 90:1480-6. 2008
..To evaluate the incidence of apoptosis after vitrification warming of mouse ovaries...
- Effect of fragment removal on blastocyst formation and quality of human embryos
Poopak Eftekhari-Yazdi
Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, PO Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran
Reprod Biomed Online 13:823-32. 2006
..40 +/- 0.88 versus 22.99 +/- 4.45, P < 0.05). In conclusion, fragmentation removal had a positive effect on human fragmented embryos and produced the best quality blastocysts...
- Developmental potential of isolated blastomeres from early mouse embryos in the presence and absence of LIF and GM-CSF
Behnaz Sheikholslami
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, P O BOX 14115 111, Tehran, Iran
J Assist Reprod Genet 25:7-12. 2008
..The aim of this study was to investigate the developmental potential of isolated blastomeres in the presence and absence of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)...
- Development of mouse embryos co-cultured with polarized or non-polarized uterine epithelial cells using sequential culture media
Mehri Azadbakht
Department of Anatomy, Tarbiat Modarres University, P O BOX 14115 111, Tehran, Iran
Anim Reprod Sci 100:141-57. 2007
..05). It is concluded that a co-culture system involving polarized uterine epithelial cells and sequential culture media is a promising method of producing mouse embryos...
- Efficacy of a human embryo transfer medium: a prospective, randomized clinical trial study
Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi
Department of Embryology, Infertility Research Center, Royan Institute, Zafaranieh, Tehran, Iran
J Assist Reprod Genet 23:207-12. 2006
..The aim of this prospective, randomized trial was to evaluate the efficacy of Embryo-Glue as a human embryo transfer medium in IVF/ICSI cycles...
- Estimating Young's modulus of zona pellucida by micropipette aspiration in combination with theoretical models of ovum
Morteza Khalilian
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
J R Soc Interface 7:687-94. 2010
..As can be seen, different choices of models and experimental parameters can affect the interpretation of experimental data and lead to differing mechanical properties...
- Electron microscopic study of mouse embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
Masoumeh Fakhr Taha
Department of Medical Biotechnology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology NIGEB, Tehran, Iran
Cytotechnology 64:197-202. 2012
..Cardiomyocytes were connected to each other by intercalated discs composed of numerous gap junctions and fascia adherences...
- Effect of bone morphogenetic protein-4 on cardiac differentiation from mouse embryonic stem cells in serum-free and low-serum media
Masoumeh Fakhr Taha
Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Int J Cardiol 127:78-87. 2008
..Furthermore, serum factors are not strictly necessary after the initial activation, but they do favor a better differentiation of cardiomyocytes...
- Effect of bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) on cardiomyocyte differentiation from mouse embryonic stem cell
Masoumeh Fakhr Taha
Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
Int J Cardiol 120:92-101. 2007
..In conclusion, BMP-4 had an inhibitory effect on cardiomyocyte differentiation from the mouse ESCs in terms of ultrastructural characteristics, genes expression and functional properties...
- Effects of oxytocin on cardiomyocyte differentiation from mouse embryonic stem cells
Leili Hatami
Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
Int J Cardiol 117:80-9. 2007
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- Developmental potential and ultrastructural injuries of metaphase II (MII) mouse oocytes after slow freezing or vitrification
Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi
Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, P O BOX 14115 111, Tehran, Iran
J Assist Reprod Genet 22:119-27. 2005
..The purpose of this study was to determine the developmental ability and ultrastructure of MII mouse oocytes after cryopreservation by slow freezing or vitrification...
- Improvement of development of vitrified two-cell mouse embryos by vero cell coculture
Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi
Department of Anatomy Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
J Assist Reprod Genet 19:31-8. 2002
..The purpose of this study was to determine the developmental potential of two-cell mouse embryos resulting from vitrification could increased using monolayer of Vero cells...
- Effect of three vitrification methods on development of two-cell mouse embryos
Mina Ramezani
Department of Biology, Ashtian Campus, Islamic Azad University, Tehran-Iran
Cryo Letters 26:85-92. 2005
..The incidence of apoptosis and necrosis appeared to be almost similar in all the groups. In conclusion, CPS seems to be an effective, easy and rapid method for the cryopreservation of two-cell mouse embryos...
