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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Reprod Biomed Online. 2012 Jul 17;25(4):358–370. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.07.001

Table 1.

Oct-4, Cdx-2 and H4K5ac profiles in different cell lineages of in-vivo-derived rabbit embryos.

Cell lineage Marker Stage of development

D3CM D4EBL D4EXPBL D5BL D6BL D7BL
Inside/ICM/Epi Oct-4 +++ ++++ ++ +++ +++ ++
Cdx-2
H4K5ac ++++ ++ ++ ++ ++++ ++++
Outside/TE Oct-4 +++ ++ ++ + +/− +/−
Cdx-2 +/− +++ ++++ +++++ +++++
H4K5ac ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++

++++ = ; +++ = ; ++ = ; +/− = ; − =.

Epi = epiblast; ICM = inner cell mass; TE = trophectoderm; D3CM = day-3 compact morulae; D4EBL = day-4 early blastocysts; D4EXPBL = day-4 expanded blastocysts; D5BL = day-5 blastocysts; D6BL = day-6 blastocysts; D7BL = day-7 blastocysts.