Table 2 Effect of endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibitor treatment 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±S.E)
≥2-Cell (%) Blastocyst (%)
Control 182 126 (69.2) 23 (12.6)a 41.7±3.1a
Sal 208 147 (70.7) 32 (15.4)ab 53.7±4.5ab
TUD 203 150 (73.9) 41 (20.2)b 63.0±7.2b
Sal+TUD 197 140 (71.1) 24 (12.2)a 54.0±3.0ab
Values with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).