title: Effects of retinoic acid on the inner cell mass in mouse blastocysts.
abstract: This is the first evidence that excess retinoic acid has a direct cellular response from proliferation to cell death (apoptosis) and affects in vitro development in mouse inner cell mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Fu-Jen
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yu-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Hong-Yo
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Shiuh-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Yan-Der
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Hsuuw
authors.forename: Ko-En
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D011247:Pregnancy; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D014212:Tretinoin