Embryo cultivation in the medium containing granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the ART programs

Iarygina S.A., Smolnikova V.Yu., Bobrov M.Yu., Eldarov Ch.M., Makarova N.P.

Academician V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
Objective. The review gives the data available in the modern literature on the role of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and embryo cultivation in the medium containing the factor in the treatment of infertility using assisted reproductive technology (ART) techniques.
Material and methods. The review includes data from foreign and Russian articles found in Pubmed on this topic.
Results. The paper describes the role of GM-CSF in early embryonic development and subsequent implantation when using the GM-CSF-containing medium and discusses the effectiveness of this approach in ART programs.
Conclusion. The results of the investigations performed confirm the relevance of using the GM-CSF-containing medium for in vitro embryo culturing, which can create conditions for obtaining better quality embryos, increasing the frequency of pregnancy, and preventing its termination, and giving birth to healthy babies due to the use of ART programs.

Keywords

infertility
assisted reproductive technologies
GM-CSF
embryo implantation
embryo cultivation
culture medium

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Received 13.04.2018

Accepted 20.04.2018

About the Authors

Iarygina, Svetlana A., post-graduate student, Department of Assistive Technologies in Infertility Treatment, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov Ministry of Health of Russia.
117997, Moscow, Russia, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +79853690706. E-mail: s.a.iarygina@yandex.ru
Smolnikova, Veronika Yu., PhD, leading researcher, Department of Assistive Technologies in Infertility Treatment, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov Ministry of Health of Russia.
117997, Moscow, Russia, Ac. Oparina str. 4. E-mail: veronika.smolnikova@mail.ru
Bobrov, Mikhail Yu., MD, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named
after Academician V.I. Kulakov Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Moscow, Russia, Ac. Oparina str. 4. E-mail: mbobr@mail.ru
Eldarov, Chupalav M., senior researcher of the Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Moscow, Russia, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +7495 4387700. E-mail: ch_eldarov@oparina4.ru
Makarova, Natalia P., PhD, researcher of IVF Department, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after
Academician V.I. Kulakov Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Moscow, Russia, Ac. Oparina str. 4.Tel. +749543877-00. E-mail: np_makarova@oparina4.ru

For citations: Iarygina S.A., Smolnikova V.Yu., Bobrov M.Yu., Eldarov Ch.M., Makarova N.P. Embryo cultivation in the medium containing granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the ART programs. Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019; (1): 50-4. (in Russian)
http://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2019.1.50-54

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