Effect of a phosphodiesterase type 3 inhibitor in oocyte maturation medium on subsequent mouse embryo development

30 10 2008

To the Editor:

Jee et al. (1) report that in their hands a prematuration culture using a phosphodiesterase type 3 (PDE3) inhibitor does not improve developmental competence of immature oocytes. We and others previously reported a beneficial effect of this system (2-6). Fundamental differences in experimental design between their work and ours may explain this discrepancy. Read the rest of this entry »