Hormonal regulation of the ligand for c-kit in the rat ovary and its effects on spontaneous oocyte meiotic maturation

Molecular cloning: A laboratory manual

1990 • 85,659 citations

The Physiology of Reproduction

1988 • 3,218 citations

Stem cell factor is encoded at the SI locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor

1990 • 1,448 citations

The proto-oncogene c-kit encoding a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor maps to the mouse W locus

1988 • 1,390 citations

The dominant-white spotting (W) locus of the mouse encodes the c-kit proto-oncogene

1988 • 1,336 citations

The hematopoietic growth factor KL is encoded by the SI locus and is the ligand of the c-kit receptor, the gene product of the W locus

1990 • 1,208 citations

Hereditary Anemias of the Mouse: A Review for Geneticists

1979 • 1,141 citations

THE COMPARATIVE BEHAVIOR OF MAMMALIAN EGGS IN VIVO AND IN VITRO

1935 • 983 citations

Identification of a ligand for the c-kit proto-oncogene

1990 • 970 citations

Identification, purification, and biological characterization of hematopoietic stem cell factor from buffalo rat liver-conditioned medium

1990 • 837 citations

Primary structure and functional expression of rat and human stem cell factor DNAs

1990 • 779 citations

Transmembrane form of the kit ligand growth factor is determined by alternative splicing and is missing in the SId mutant

1991 • 740 citations

Oocyte Maturation

1979 • 662 citations

Mast cell growth factor maps near the steel locus on mouse chromosome 10 and is deleted in a number of steel alleles

1990 • 632 citations

Role of c-kit in mouse spermatogenesis: identification of spermatogonia as a specific site of c-kit expression and function

1991 • 602 citations

Experimental Approaches to Mammalian Embryonic Development

1987 • 596 citations

Gene‐induced embryological modifications of primordial germ cells in the mouse

1957 • 556 citations

Embryonic expression of a haematopoietic growth factor encoded by the SI locus and the ligand for c-kit

1990 • 521 citations

Requirement for mast cell growth factor for primordial germ cell survival in culture

1991 • 482 citations

Gonadal expression of c-kit encoded at the W locus of the mouse

1990 • 479 citations

Effect of Steel factor and leukaemia inhibitory factor on murine primordial germ cells in culture

1991 • 459 citations

Induction of mast cell proliferation, maturation, and heparin synthesis by the rat c-kit ligand, stem cell factor.

1991 • 424 citations

Effects of the steel gene product on mouse primordial germ cells in culture

1991 • 405 citations

Aminoalkylsilane-treated glass slides as support forin situ hybridization of keratin cDNAs to frozen tissue sections under varying fixation and pretreatment conditions

1986 • 383 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 expression of c-kit, a proto-oncogene encoded by the W locus

1990 • 349 citations

Embryonic RNA expression patterns of the c-kit receptor and its cognate ligand suggest multiple functional roles in mouse development.

1991 • 346 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

Estrogen and Follicle Stimulating Hormone Interactions on Follicle Growth in Rats

1972 • 333 citations

Stem cell factor and leukemia inhibitory factor promote primordial germ cell survival by suppressing programmed cell death (apoptosis)

1993 • 307 citations

The Expression Pattern of the c-kit Ligand in Gonads of Mice Supports a Role for the c-kit Receptor in Oocyte Growth and in Proliferation of Spermatogonia

1993 • 303 citations

Steel-Dickie mutation encodes a c-kit ligand lacking transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains.

1991 • 300 citations

Contiguous patterns of c-kit and steel expression: analysis of mutations at the W and Sl loci

1991 • 292 citations

Effect of IL-3 and stem cell factor on the appearance of human basophils and mast cells from CD34+ pluripotent progenitor cells.

1992 • 289 citations

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

1975 • 284 citations

Chemical Signals that Regulate Mammalian Oocyte Maturation

1984 • 249 citations

The Ligand of the c-kit Receptor Promotes Oocyte Growth

1994 • 243 citations

Mouse Oocytes Promote Proliferation of Granulosa Cells from Preantral and Antral Follicles in Vitro1

1992 • 234 citations

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Induction of Steel Factor (SLF) mRNA in Mouse Sertoli Cells and Stimulation of DNA Synthesis in Spermatogonia by Soluble SLF

1993 • 225 citations

The Murine Steel Panda Mutation Affects Kit Ligand Expression and Growth of Early Ovarian Follicles

1993 • 222 citations

Hypoxanthine is the principal inhibitor of murine oocyte maturation in a low molecular weight fraction of porcine follicular fluid.

1985 • 216 citations

Hypoxanthine and Adenosine in Murine Ovarian Follicular Fluid: Concentrations and Activity in Maintaining Oocyte Meiotic Arrest

1985 • 214 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

Expression of the c-kit proto-oncogene in the murine male germ cells.

1991 • 186 citations

Direct proliferative actions of stem cell factor on murine bone marrow cells in vitro: effects of combination with colony-stimulating factors.

1991 • 180 citations

Expression of the hst-1 and c-kit protooncogenes in human testicular germ cell tumors.

1991 • 180 citations

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

1983 • 163 citations

Mouse oocytes regulate granulosa cell steroidogenesis.

1993 • 162 citations

Developmental analysis of a mutation with pleiotropic effects in the mouse

1956 • 152 citations

The Expression of c-kit Protein during Oogenesis and Early Embryonic Development1

1991 • 152 citations

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

1983 • 148 citations

Dynamic changes in ovarian c‐kit and Steel expression during the estrous reproductive cycle

1993 • 131 citations

Expression of the mRNA for the ligand of C-kit in mouse sertoli cells

1991 • 130 citations

Infertility due to growth arrest of ovarian follicles in mice

1988 • 129 citations

Müllerian inhibiting substance as oocyte meiosis inhibitor

1986 • 122 citations

Breast cancer is associated with loss of the c‐kit oncogene product

1992 • 117 citations

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

1982 • 112 citations

Interactions among colony-stimulating factors, IL-1 beta, IL-6, and kit-ligand in the regulation of primitive murine hematopoietic cells.

1992 • 104 citations

Interleukin-6: effects on and production by rat granulosa cells in vitro.

1992 • 102 citations

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

1984 • 100 citations

Species differences in the regulation of cumulus expansion by an oocyte-secreted factor(s)

1993 • 97 citations

Biologically active kit ligand growth factor is produced by mouse Sertoli cells and is defective in Sld mutant mice

1991 • 95 citations

Detection of messenger RNA using a digoxigenin end labelled oligodeoxynucleotide probe.

1990 • 92 citations

Metabolic Coupling and Ligand-Stimulated Meiotic Maturation in the Mouse Oocyte-Cumulus Cell Complex1

1991 • 92 citations

Hamster oocyte maturation : Inhibition by follicular components

1976 • 79 citations

Maturation of the Mouse Oocyte-Cumulus Cell Complex: Stimulation by Lectins1

1990 • 76 citations

Requirement for glucose in ligand-stimulated meiotic maturation of cumulus cell-enclosed mouse oocytes

1992 • 69 citations

Interleukin-1: local production and modulation of human granulosa luteal cells steroidogenesis

1992 • 52 citations

Effects of gonadotropins and granulosa cell secretions on the maturation and fertilization of rat oocytes in vitro

1990 • 49 citations

Follicle cell regulation of mammalian oocyte growth

1987 • 45 citations

CD45 cell surface antigens are linked to stimulation of early human myeloid progenitor cells by interleukin 3 (IL-3), granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), a GM-CSF/IL-3 fusion protein, and mast cell growth factor (a c-kit ligand).

1991 • 28 citations

Effects of hormones, cyclic AMP analogues and growth factors on steel factor (SF) production in mouse Sertoli cell cultures

1993 • 14 citations

Dependency of renal potassium excretion on Na, K‐ATPase transport rate

1985 • 8 citations