Contribution of culture media to oxidative stress and its effect on human oocytes

…, E González-Carrera, IS Álvarez - Reproductive …, 2008 - Elsevier
… However, much less is known regarding the contribution of culture media to the oxidative …
it is proposed that current IVF protocols could be revised in order to decrease ROS generation. …

Phosphorylation of STIM1 at ERK1/2 target sites modulates store-operated calcium entry

…, NA Morrice, IS Álvarez… - Journal of cell …, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
… An electrostatic gating mechanism is involved in the case of the TRPCs, because STIM1 …
We found that STIM1 is a probable target of of extracellular-signal-regulated kinases 1 and …

Roles of neuroepithelial cell rearrangement and division in shaping of the avian neural plate

GC Schoenwolf, IS Alvarez - Development, 1989 - journals.biologists.com
… In the present study, the amount of cell division in the neural plate is estimated by determining
the numbers of cells derived over time from grafts of known cell number. This information …

Expansion of surface epithelium provides the major extrinsic force for bending of the neural plate

IS Alvarez, GC Schoenwolf - Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
is not required for shaping and that shaping is independent of the mesodermal
convergent-extension movements. This nonobligatory role in shaping for tissues underlying the …

Fate map of the chicken neural plate at stage 4

…, L Rodríguez-Gallardo, V Gallego-Díaz, IS Alvarez… - 2002 - journals.biologists.com
… A line boundary is useful for practical application of the fate map, but we should emphasize
that the boundary might be conceived (defined) as a band of epiblast, the thickness of which …

Neural induction in whole chick embryo cultures by FGF

IS Alvarez, M Araujo, MA Nieto - Developmental biology, 1998 - Elsevier
… Since in our system FGF is able to generate a neural plate which is almost complete in
terms of anteroposterior patterning, our results are compatible with FGF acting in two ways that …

Locations of the ectodermal and nonectodermal subdivisions of the epiblast at stages 3 and 4 of avian gastrulation and neurulation

V Garcia‐Martinez, IS Alvarez… - Journal of …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
… Site d (Schoenwolf and Alvarez, '91) is a bilateral site located midway between sites e, and
e (Fig. 1). It contributes cells to the surface ectoderm, neurepithelium, and neural crest of the …

Shaping, invagination, and closure of the chick embryo otic vesicle: scanning electron microscopic and quantitative study

IS Alvarez, J Navascués - The Anatomical Record, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
… ) cell death is observed. Closure of the otic vesicle conceptualized as a zipper-like model is
… It is generally accepted that this transformation takes place through a process of invagination…

[HTML][HTML] STIM1 phosphorylation triggered by epidermal growth factor mediates cell migration

…, AM Lopez-Guerrero, IS Alvarez… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
… of STIM1 is the … is the phosphorylation of the protein. The full set of phosphoresidues has
already been listed [20], [21], [22], and we have previously described how STIM1 activity is

[HTML][HTML] Pax2, Otx2, Gbx2 and Fgf8 expression in early otic vesicle development

…, RM Alvarado-Mallart, IS Alvarez - Mechanisms of …, 2000 - Elsevier
… Gbx2 expression is restricted to medial regions of the otic placode, in contact … is higher in
its medial than in its ventral portions, the boundary between these two Pax2 positive domains is