introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of human sperm mtt viability assay on outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection. mtt is a tetrazolium salt, routinely used for cell proliferation and cytotoxicity assays. materials and methods: 50μl of processed semen was treated with mtt solution, while the remaining used as the control. meanwhile, 109 donated human oocytes (meta...

background: human menopausal gonadotropin (hmg) has contributed many improvements to human assisted reproduction. however, effects of hmg on oocyte development and clinical results remain controversial. objective: this study was conducted to investigate the effects of hmg on the zona pellucida of oocytes, as well as clinical results in superovulation treatment. materials and methods: this retro...

background: the high fertilization failure after ivf treatment cycles could be related to chromosomal abnormalities. this study was carried out to assess the frequency of chromosomal abnormality on human oocytes lacking signs of fertilization 18-20 h after insemination . materials and methods: on day one, 18-20 h after insemination (ivf), fertilization was confirmed when two pronuclei (normal i...

BACKGROUND ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channels link intracellular metabolism with membrane excitability and play crucial roles in cellular physiology and protection. The K(ATP) channel protein complex is composed of pore forming, Kir6.x (Kir6.1 or Kir6.2) and regulatory, SURx (SUR2A, SUR2B or SUR1), subunits that associate in different combinations. The objective of this study was to determine...

BACKGROUND Previous studies showed that immature oocytes stored in ovarian tissue could develop to the mature stage after transplantation. However, the quality and competency of the oocytes developed in xenografted ovarian tissue have never been investigated. As a pilot study to investigate this uncharted issue, we evaluated microtubule organization and chromatin configuration of human oocytes ...

background: effect of different doses of cysteamine on rate of in vitro maturation (ivm ) , in vitro fertilization (ivf ) and glutathione (gsh ) level was studied. metaphase ii (mii) spindle area was analyzed for quantification of shape and size of oocytes.   methods: female mice were primed with 5 iu of pregnant mare’s stimulating gonadotrophin . germinal vesicle (gv ) oocytes were retrieved 4...

BACKGROUND Before human MII oocytes are vitrified they are usually denuded from their cumulus cells. In this study we wanted to investigate the effects of an intact corona radiata on the vitrification and fertilization of human oocytes. METHODS The study comprised two different parts. In Part 1, 36 MII stage oocytes, from 6 patients, were randomly assigned into a control group, a group of vit...

background: irradiation is one of the major causes of induced sperm dna damage. various studies suggested a relation between sperm dna damage and fertilization rate after intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi). objective: in this study, fertilization rate and premature chromosome condensation (pcc) formation after icsi of hamster oocytes with irradiated sperms from normal and oligosperm indiv...