Differential modulation of rat follicle cell gap junction populations at ovulation

THE COMPARATIVE BEHAVIOR OF MAMMALIAN EGGS IN VIVO AND IN VITRO

1935 • 983 citations

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

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

1975 • 284 citations

The relationship between cumulus cell-oocyte coupling, oocyte meiotic maturation, and cumulus expansion

1982 • 282 citations

Modulation of cell-to-cell communication in the cumulus-oocyte complex and the regulation of oocyte maturation by LH

1981 • 240 citations

Development of the rat oocyte in vitro: Inhibition and induction of maturation in the presence or absence of the cumulus oophorus

1980 • 228 citations

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

1980 • 222 citations

A dramatic loss of cumulus cell gap junctions is correlated with germinal vesicle breakdown in rat oocytes

1986 • 198 citations

Inhibition of Oocyte Maturation by Porcine Follicular Fluid: Partial Characterization of the Inhibitor1

1976 • 196 citations

Fine Morphology of the Follicle Wall and Follicle Cell-Oocyte Association1

1974 • 183 citations

Evidence for the participation of actin microfilaments and bristle coats in the internalization of gap junction membrane.

1979 • 175 citations

Modulation of cell junctions during differentiation of the chicken otocyst sensory epithelium

1979 • 168 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

Regulation of Mouse Oocyte Maturation: Effect of Elevating Cumulus Cell cAMP on Oocyte cAMP Levels1

1985 • 133 citations

Selective effect of gonadotrophins on cell coupling, nuclear maturation and protein synthesis in mammalian oocytes

1981 • 132 citations

Morphological variations in gap junctions of ovarian granulosa cells

1975 • 132 citations

Organization of intramembrane particles in freeze-cleaved gap junctions of rat graafian follicles: optical-diffraction analysis

1976 • 130 citations

Animal models in human reproduction

1981 • 128 citations

Origin and Fate of Cytoplasmic Gap Junctional Vesicles in Rabbit Granulosa Cells

1978 • 125 citations

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

1982 • 112 citations

Cytological changes in gap junctions during liver regeneration

1979 • 107 citations

Freeze-fracture of monolayer cultures.

1977 • 101 citations

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

1980 • 96 citations

Dispersal of junctional particles, not internalization, during the in vivo disappearance of gap junctions

1980 • 92 citations

Metabolic coupling, cumulus expansion and meiotic resumption in mouse cumuli oophori cultured in vitro in the presence of FSH or dcAMP, or stimulated in vivo by hCG

1983 • 91 citations

Histological Examination of the Rat Ovarian Follicle Wall Prior to Ovulation

1974 • 88 citations

Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate and Ovarian Follicular Fluid Act Synergistically to Inhibit Mouse Oocyte Maturation*

1984 • 87 citations

Response of Granulosa Cell Gap Junctions to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) at Ovulation

1981 • 77 citations

Ovulation and the mechanism of follicle rupture

1974 • 72 citations

INHIBITION OF MATURATION OF ISOLATED RAT OOCYTES BY PORCINE FOLLICULAR FLUID

1977 • 72 citations

Metabolic, fluorescent dye and electrical coupling between hamster oocytes and cumulus cells during meiotic maturation in vivo and in vitro

1985 • 70 citations

Follicular Control of Meiosis in the Porcine Oocyte1

1980 • 65 citations

Gap junction assembly and endocytosis correlated with patterns of growth in a cultured adrenocortical tumor cell (SW-13).

1981 • 64 citations

Regulation of murine oocyte meiosis: evidence for a gonadotropin-induced, cAMP-dependent reduction in a maturation inhibitor.

1984 • 42 citations

The mechanism of cumulus cell‐oocyte uncoupling: Evidence for the participation of both cumulus cells and oocytes

1982 • 39 citations

Interaction of filipin with junctional membrane at different stages of the junction's life history

1983 • 37 citations

Action of Porcine Follicular Fluid Oocyte Maturation Inhibitor in Vitro: Possible Role of the Cumulus Cells

1979 • 35 citations

Endocytosis of cell-cell junctions and spontaneous cell disaggregation in a cultured human ovarian adenocarcinoma (COLO 316)

1981 • 21 citations