ELIZA

return kwic search for performed out of >500 occurrences
272110 occurrences (No.94 in the rank) during 5 years in the PubMed. [cache]

274) The analyses were performed by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) in immature and in vitro matured oocytes collected from 17 ± 3-month-old heifers and 94 ± 20-month-old cows.

--- ABSTRACT ---

PMID:23673140 DOI:10.1017/S0967199413000154

2015 Zygote (Cambridge, England)

* Meiosis progression and donor age affect expression profile of DNA repair genes in bovine oocytes.

- Several genetic and physiological factors increase the risk of DNA damage in mammalian oocytes. Two critical events are: (i) meiosis progression, from maturation to fertilization, due to extensive chromatin remodelling during genome decondensation; and (ii) aging, which is associated with a progressive oxidative stress. In this work, we studied the transcriptional patterns of three genes, RAD51, APEX-1 and MLH1, involved in DNA repair mechanisms. The analyses were performed by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) in immature and in vitro matured oocytes collected from 17 ± 3-month-old heifers and 94 ± 20-month-old cows. Batches of 30-50 oocytes for each group (three replicates) were collected from ovarian follicles of slaughtered animals. The oocytes were freed from cumulus cells at the time of follicle removal, or after in vitro maturation (IVM) carried out in M199 supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum, 10 IU luteinising hormone (LH)/ml, 0.1 IU follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)/ml and 1 μg 17β-oestradiol/ml. Total RNA was extracted by Trizol method. The expression of bovine GAPDH gene was used as the internal standard, while primers for bovine RAD51, APEX-1 and MLH1 genes were designed from DNA sequences retrieved from GenBank. Results obtained indicate a clear up-regulation of RAD51, APEX-1 and MLH1 genes after IVM, ranging between two- and four-fold compared with germinal vesicle (GV) oocytes. However, only RAD51 showed a significant transcript increase between the immature oocytes collected from young or old individuals. This finding highlights RAD51 as a candidate gene marker for discriminating bovine immature oocytes in relation to the donor age.

--- ABSTRACT END ---

[
right
kwic]

[frequency of next (right) word to performed]

(1)60 in	(10)15 for	(19)3 based	(28)2 equally
(2)58 null	(11)13 at	(20)3 of	(29)2 normally
(3)45 to	(12)6 as	(21)3 this	(30)2 procedures
(4)35 using	(13)5 the	(22)2 3	(31)2 successfully
(5)33 on	(14)5 under	(23)2 6	(32)2 three
(6)30 with	(15)5 via	(24)2 better	(33)2 through
(7)23 by	(16)4 an	(25)2 both	(34)2 twice
(8)22 a	(17)4 before	(26)2 but
(9)16 and	(18)3 after	(27)2 daily

add keyword

--- WordNet output for performed --- Overview of verb perform The verb perform has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (25) perform, execute, do -- (carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance") 2. (19) perform -- (perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?") 3. (19) perform -- (give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera") 4. (2) do, perform -- (get (something) done; "I did my job") --- WordNet end ---