In cultured mouse 2-cell embryos, thymosin alpha‑1 significantly increased blastulation rates.
In plain wordsIn lab-cultured mouse embryos, thymosin alpha‑1 raised the share of embryos reaching the blastula stage.
- Peptide
- Thymosin alpha-1
- Outcome
- IncreaseBlastulation rate
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
In vitro cultured murine preimplantation embryos- Outcome group
- Pregnancy and fetal development · Reproductive and sexual health
- Studied dose
- 0.1, 0.5 and 5 ng/100 microlitersAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
T alpha 1 treatment (0.1, 0.5 and 5 ng/100 microliters) significantly increased blastulation rates (P < 0.01), blastocyst hatching rate (P < 0.0001), blastocyst diameter (P < 0.001) and number of cells per blastocyst (P < 0.0001) of the in vitro cultured 2-cell stage embryos.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The effects of thymosin alpha 1 (T alpha 1) and FA-1 monoclonal antibody (anti-FA-1 mAb) on murine preimplantation embryonic development were investigated by performing 2-cell embryo bioassay and by studying ova/embryos protein phosphorylation pattern (by 32P metabolic labeling and by in vitro kinas…