Table 2. Effects of endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibitor treatment 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 268 198 (73.9) 47 (17.5) 35.3±2.5a
NT+3 h 270 208 (77.0) 56 (20.7) 48.5±2.3b
IVC 273 207 (75.8) 55 (20.1) 36.5±2.4a
NT+IVC 272 200 (73.5) 59 (21.7) 47.7±2.4b
Values with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).