Martins da Silva SJ

ORCID: 0000-0003-2579-4866 · 1 paper in corpus

2016

A spontaneous increase in intracellular Ca2+ in metaphase II human oocytes in vitro can be prevented by drugs targeting ATP-sensitive K+ channels.

Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dev300

Study questionCould drugs targeting ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channels prevent any spontaneous increase in intracellular Ca(2+) that may occur in human metaphase II (MII) oocytes under in vitro conditions?Summary answerPinacidil, a K(ATP)…