Table 2. Effects of endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibitor and antioxidant treatments during micromanipulation on the in vitro development of somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos

Treatment No. of embryos cultured No. of embryos developed to Cell no. in blastocysts (mean±SE)
≥2-Cell (%) Blastocyst (%)
Control 265 173 (65.3)a 39 (14.7)a 46.2±2.6a
TUD 222 161 (72.5)ab 55 (24.8)b 63.5±3.3b
Vit. C 241 175 (72.6)ab 53 (22.0)b 60.2±4.1b
TUD+Vit. C 245 182 (74.3)b 47 (19.2)ab 59.7±4.3b
Values with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).