Intercommunication between mammalian oocytes and companion somatic cells

Inositol trisphosphate, a novel second messenger in cellular signal transduction

1984 • 6,088 citations

THE COMPARATIVE BEHAVIOR OF MAMMALIAN EGGS IN VIVO AND IN VITRO

1935 • 983 citations

Maturation in vitro of Mouse, Sheep, Cow, Pig, Rhesus Monkey and Human Ovarian Oocytes

1965 • 835 citations

The pattern of energy metabolism in the mouse oöcyte and zygote.

1967 • 686 citations

Gap junctions between the oocyte and companion follicle cells in the mammalian ovary.

1976 • 608 citations

Capacity of Mouse Oocytes from Preantral Follicles to Undergo Embryogenesis and Development to Live Young after Growth, Maturation, and Fertilization in Vitro1

1989 • 580 citations

Cell-to-cell communication and ovulation. A study of the cumulus-oocyte complex.

1978 • 543 citations

Transmission of hormonal stimulation by cell-to-cell communication

1978 • 490 citations

Relationship between growth and meiotic maturation of the mouse oocyte

1976 • 393 citations

Induction of maturation in cumulus cell‐enclosed mouse oocytes by follicle‐stimulating hormone and epidermal growth factor: Evidence for a positive stimulus of somatic cell origin

1988 • 356 citations

FSH-induced expansion of the mouse cumulus oophorus in vitro is dependent upon a specific factor(s) secreted by the oocyte

1990 • 353 citations

Developmental pattern of the secretion of cumulus expansion-enabling factor by mouse oocytes and the role of oocytes in promoting granulosa cell differentiation

1990 • 336 citations

Intercellular communication between granulosa cells and mouse oocytes: Existence and possible nutritional role during oocyte growth

1982 • 287 citations

An Inhibitory Influence of Granulosa Cells and Follicular Fluid upon Porcine Oocyte Meiosisin Vitro¹

1975 • 284 citations

THE APPEARANCE AND STRUCTURE OF INTERCELLULAR CONNECTIONS DURING THE ONTOGENY OF THE RABBIT OVARIAN FOLLICLE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO GAP JUNCTIONS

1974 • 283 citations

Distribution of binding sites for human chorionic gonadotropin in the preovulatory follicle of the rat.

1975 • 229 citations

Gonadotropin Action on Cultured Graafian Follicles: Induction of Maturation Division of the Mammalian Oocyte and Differentiation of the Luteal Cell

1974 • 223 citations

Dynamics of ovarian function

1982 • 213 citations

Mouse oocyte development in vitro with various culture systems

1977 • 212 citations

Mouse oocytes regulate hyaluronic acid synthesis and mucification by FSH-stimulated cumulus cells

1990 • 195 citations

Role of the Ovum in Follicular Luteinization

1970 • 191 citations

A comparison between oocyte growth in coculture with granulosa cells and oocytes with granulosa cell‐oocyte junctional contact maintained in vitro

1979 • 182 citations

Biochemical studies of mammalian oogenesis: Metabolic cooperativity between granulosa cells and growing mouse oocytes

1981 • 172 citations

Quantitative study of the development of isolated mouse pre-antral follicles in collagen gel culture

1989 • 157 citations

Translational control of InsP3-induced chromatin condensation during the early cell cycles of sea urchin embryos

1988 • 152 citations

Mechanisms of Amino Acid Uptake in Cumulus-Enclosed Mouse Oocytes

1983 • 128 citations

Morphological Changes of Rat Follicular Cells as Influenced by Oocytes

1971 • 109 citations

Pachytene Spermatocyte Proteins Influence Sertoli Cell Function1

1988 • 105 citations

Developmental change in follicular cell‐enhanced amino acid uptake into mouse oocytes that depends on intact gap junctions and transport system gly

1990 • 104 citations

Regulation of mouse oocyte maturation: Involvement of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase and calmodulin

1984 • 104 citations

Calcium influx: an intracellular message of the mitogenic action of insulin-like growth factor-I.

1988 • 103 citations

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Evokes an Increase in Intracellular Free Calcium Ion Concentrations in Single Ovarian (Granulosa) Cells*

1990 • 99 citations

Regulation of Cumulus Oophorus Expansion by Gonadotropins in vivo and in vitro

1980 • 91 citations

Effects of Gonadotropins on Steroid Secretion by Infantile and Juvenile Mouse Ovaries in Vitro*

1979 • 86 citations

The participation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in the regulation of meiotic maturation of oocytes in the laboratory mouse.

1989 • 84 citations

Induction of Mouse Oocyte Maturation in Vivo by Perturbants of Purine Metabolism1

1987 • 78 citations

In vitro and in vivo studies reveal that hamster oocyte meiotic arrest is maintained only transiently by follicular fluid, but persistently by membrana/cumulus granulosa cell contact

1989 • 76 citations

Early programming of maturation competence in mouse oogenesis

1984 • 68 citations

The Development of Steroidogenic Capability and Responsiveness to Gonadotropins in Cultured Neonatal Rat Ovaries*

1980 • 60 citations

Luteinizing Hormone-Induced Intracellular Calcium Mobilization in Granulosa Cells: Comparison with Forskolin and 8-Bromo-Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate*

1987 • 51 citations

Combined effects of calcium and dibutyryl cyclic AMP on germinal vesicle breakdown in the mouse oocyte

1982 • 49 citations

The releasing action of calcium upon cyclic AMP‐dependent meiotic arrest in hamster oocytes

1986 • 40 citations

Somatic cell-oocyte interactions in mouse oogenesis: Stage-specific regulation of mouse oocyte protein phosphorylation by granulosa cells

1989 • 37 citations

The Role of Inositol Lipid Metabolism in the Ovary

1989 • 31 citations

Preendocytotic alterations in cumulus cell gap junctions precede meiotic resumption in the rat cumulus-oocyte complex

1990 • 25 citations

Rat oocyte maturation: Role of calcium in hormone action

1990 • 23 citations