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

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

1976 • 608 citations

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

1978 • 543 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

Effects of follicle-stimulating hormone on cultures of sertoli cell preparations

1975 • 345 citations

Hyaluronate is synthesized at plasma membranes

1984 • 338 citations

FSH stimulates hyaluronic acid synthesis by oocyte–cumulus cell complexes from mouse preovulatory follicles

1979 • 327 citations

Specificity of Epidermal Growth Factor Action on Maturation of the Murine Oocyte and Cumulus Oophorus in Vitro1

1989 • 238 citations

Measurement of intercellular coupling between oocytes and cumulus cells using intracellular markers

1980 • 222 citations

Mouse oocyte development in vitro with various culture systems

1977 • 212 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

Regulation of oocyte maturation in the mouse: Possible roles of intercellular communication, cAMP, and testosterone

1983 • 163 citations

Inhibition of oocyte maturation in the mouse: Participation of cAMP, steroid hormones, and a putative maturation-inhibitory factor

1983 • 148 citations

Effects of Experimental Cryptorchidism on the Ultrastructure and Function of the Sertoli Cell and Peritubular Tissue of the Rat Testis

1979 • 139 citations

Subcellular localization of hyaluronate synthetase in oligodendroglioma cells.

1984 • 138 citations

Gonadotropin stimulation of the expansion of cumulus oophori isolated from mice: General condition for expansion in vitro

1979 • 126 citations

Inductionin Vitroof Mucification of Rat Cumulus Oophorus by Gonadotrophins and Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate*

1978 • 113 citations

The role of oocyte maturation inhibitor in follicular regulation of oocyte maturation

1982 • 112 citations

Morphological Changes of Rat Follicular Cells as Influenced by Oocytes

1971 • 109 citations

Pachytene Spermatocyte Proteins Influence Sertoli Cell Function1

1988 • 105 citations

Regulation of mouse oocyte growth: Probable nutritional role for intercellular communication between follicle cells and oocytes in oocyte growth

1984 • 100 citations

Impaired sertoli cell function in experimental cryptorchidism in the rat

1976 • 98 citations

Ribonucleoside metabolism by mouse oocytes: Metabolic cooperativity between the fully grown oocyte and cumulus cells

1980 • 96 citations

Analysis of cell-growth-phase-related variations in hyaluronate synthase activity of isolated plasma-membrane fractions of cultured human skin fibroblasts

1986 • 91 citations

Role of Serum in FSH Stimulated Cumulus Expansion by Mouse Oocyte-Cumulus Cell Complexes in vitro

1980 • 84 citations

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

1989 • 84 citations

Cell-free synthesis of hyaluronic acid in Marfan syndrome.

1979 • 80 citations

Sertoli Cell Differentiation in the Testes of Mice Genetically Deficient in Germ Cells

1979 • 72 citations

Characterization of a high-Mr plasma-membrane-bound protein and assessment of its role as a constituent of hyaluronate synthase complex

1986 • 57 citations

Follicle cell regulation of mammalian oocyte growth

1987 • 45 citations

Gonadotropin stimulation of steroidogenesis and cellular dispersion in cultured porcine cumuli oophori

1980 • 39 citations

Increase in Leydig cell responsiveness in the unilaterally cryptorchid rat testis and its relationship to the intratesticular levels of testosterone

1984 • 31 citations

Measurement of S period in growing cell populations by a graphic analysis of double labeling with 3H- and 14C-thymidine

1968 • 23 citations

DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis by Porcine Oocyte-Cumulus Complexes during Expansion1

1985 • 22 citations

Sulfated glycosaminoglycans inhibit hyaluronic acid synthesizing activity in mouse cumuli oophori

1984 • 20 citations

Effects of Puromycin and Actinomycin D on the HCG-Induced Expansion of Cumulus Oophorus in vitro

1983 • 2 citations

Effects of Puromycin and Actinomycin D on the HCG-Induced Expansion of Cumulus Oophorus in vitro

1983 • 2 citations