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Table 2. Effects of endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibitor and antioxidant treatments 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±SE)
Treatment	No. of embryos cultured	≥2-Cell (%)	Blastocyst (%)	Cell no. in blastocysts (mean±SE)
Control	265	173 (65.3)^a	39 (14.7)^a	46.2±2.6^a
TUD	222	161 (72.5)^ab	55 (24.8)^b	63.5±3.3^b
Vit. C	241	175 (72.6)^ab	53 (22.0)^b	60.2±4.1^b
TUD+Vit. C	245	182 (74.3)^b	47 (19.2)^ab	59.7±4.3^b

Experiments were repeated 6 times in each treatment group.

^a,b

Values with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).

TUD, 100 μM TUDCA (tauroursodeoxycholic acid); Vit. C, 100 μM vitamin C.