Estrogens inhibit and androgens enhance ovarian granulosa cell apoptosis.

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1992 • 9,540 citations

Glucocorticoid-induced thymocyte apoptosis is associated with endogenous endonuclease activation

1980 • 4,591 citations

Isolation of High‐Molecular‐Weight DNA from Mammalian Cells

1973 • 1,723 citations

Programmed cell death involved in the schizolysigenous formation of the secretory cavity in Citrus sinensis L. (Osbeck)

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1991 • 1,254 citations

Activation of Programmed Cell Death in the Rat Ventral Prostate after Castration*

1988 • 730 citations

Microscale autoradiographic method for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of apoptotic DNA fragmentation

1993 • 348 citations

Epidermal growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor suppress the spontaneous onset of apoptosis in cultured rat ovarian granulosa cells and follicles by a tyrosine kinase-dependent mechanism.

1992 • 336 citations

Identification, purification, and characterization of a calcium-dependent endonuclease (NUC18) from apoptotic rat thymocytes. NUC18 is not histone H2B.

1991 • 301 citations

Evidence for a Role of Androgens in Follicular Maturation

1975 • 283 citations

FOLLICULAR GROWTH: THE BASIC EVENT IN THE MOUSE AND HUMAN OVARY

1975 • 277 citations

Apoptosis in atretic ovarian follicles is associated with selective decreases in messenger ribonucleic acid transcripts for gonadotropin receptors and cytochrome P450 aromatase.

1992 • 219 citations

Estradiol Receptor Content in Rat Granulosa Cells During Follicular Development: Modification by Estradiol and Gonadotropins

1975 • 213 citations

MACROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION AND STEROIDOGENIC FUNCTION OF ATRETIC FOLLICLES IN SHEEP

1978 • 151 citations

Effects of Exogenous Testosterone on Ovarian Weight, Follicular Morphology and Intraovarian Progesterone Concentration in Estrogen-Primed Hypophysectomized Immature Female Rats

1979 • 148 citations

Estradiol, Testosterone, and Androstenedione in Ovine Follicular Fluid During Growth and Atresia of Ovarian Follicles

1981 • 134 citations

Effect of PMSG on follicular atresia in the immature rat ovary

1980 • 132 citations

DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION OF Ca⁺⁺/Mg⁺⁺-DEPENDENT ENDONUCLEASE ACTIVITY IN RAT GRANULOSA AND LUTEAL CELLS

1989 • 129 citations

Experimental approaches to atresia in mammals.

1984 • 128 citations

Characterization of uterine epithelium apoptotic cell death kinetics and regulation by progesterone and RU 486.

1992 • 109 citations

Interaction of Estrogen and Gonadotrophins on Follicular Atresia

1975 • 102 citations

Ultrastructural changes in the theca interna during follicular atresia in sheep

1978 • 101 citations

On the postnatal development of the ovary (albino rat), with especial reference to the number of ova

1920 • 99 citations

Detection and measurement of single-strand breaks in nuclear DNA in fixed lens sections

1972 • 98 citations

Effects of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Human Interstitial Cell Stimulating Hormone and Human Follicle-Stimulating Hormone on Ovarian Weights in Estrogen-Primed Hypophysectomized Immature Female Rats

1975 • 91 citations

Effect of Estrogens and Androgens Alone and in Combination with Chorionic Gonadotropin on the Ovary of the Hypophysectomized Rat

1940 • 89 citations

Atresia of Preovulatory Follicles: Gonadotropin Binding and Steroidogenic Activity

1980 • 87 citations

Steroidogenesis in Porcine Atretic Follicles: Loss of Aromatase Activity in Isolated Granulosa and Theca1

1985 • 82 citations

Effect of Hypophysectomy on Atresia of Rat Preovulatory Follicles1

1981 • 73 citations

Follicles explanted from pentobarbitone-treated rats provide a model for atresia

1980 • 70 citations

Steroidogenesis in Experimentally Induced Atretic Follicles of the Hamster: A Shift from Estradiol to Progesterone Synthesis*

1981 • 66 citations

Analysis of the Mechanism of Steroid Hormone Receptor-Dependent Gene Activation in Cell-Free Systems

1992 • 60 citations

ESTRADIOL-17β STIMULATES DNA SYNTHESIS IN RAT GRANULOSA CELLS: ACTION MEDIATED BY TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-β

1991 • 54 citations

Follicle Stimulating Hormone-Induced Follicular Development: An Examination of the Role of Androgens1

1979 • 51 citations

Immunocytochemical localization of transient DNA strand breaks in differentiating myotubes using in situ nick-translation

1988 • 49 citations

THE EFFECT OF ESTROGENS ON THE OVARY OF THE HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED RAT

1955 • 45 citations

Acute Gonadotropin Deprivation. I. A Model for the Study of Follicular Atresia1

1981 • 36 citations

Effect of Androgens on the Ovarian Morphology of the Hypophysectomized Rat

1983 • 31 citations

Morphological changes in atretic graafian follicles during induced atresia in the hamster

1985 • 19 citations