Downregulation of both gene expression and activity of Hsp27 improved maturation of mouse oocyte in vitro

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27), a member of the small heat shock protein family, is an apoptosis regulator. Our previous proteomic study showed that Hsp27 mainly expressed in human oocyte, and that Hsp27 expression was downregulated i...

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Main Authors: Cai Ling-Bo, Ma Xiang, Liu Jin-Juan, Cui Yu-Gui, Liu Jia-Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
Online Access:http://www.rbej.com/content/8/1/47