Regulation of Ovarian Follicular Development in Primates: Facts and Hypotheses

Accelerated disappearance of ovarian follicles in mid-life: implications for forecasting menopause

1992 • 1,318 citations

A quantitative and cytological study of germ cells in human ovaries

1963 • 1,074 citations

α-lnhibin is a tumour-suppressor gene with gonadal specificity in mice

1992 • 887 citations

Activin-Binding Protein from Rat Ovary Is Follistatin

1990 • 886 citations

Maturation of ovarian follicles: actions and interactions of pituitary and ovarian hormones on follicular cell differentiation.

1980 • 837 citations

An insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding protein enhances the biologic response to IGF-I.

1987 • 682 citations

Multiple defects and perinatal death in mice deficient in follistatin

1995 • 586 citations

Functional analysis of activins during mammalian development

1995 • 579 citations

The Ovarian Androgen Producing Cells: A Review of Structure/Function Relationships¹,²

1985 • 561 citations

Estrogens inhibit and androgens enhance ovarian granulosa cell apoptosis.

1993 • 536 citations

The Microenvironment of the Human Antral Follicle: Interrelationships among the Steroid Levels in Antral Fluid, the Population of Granulosa Cells, and the Status of the Oocyte in Vivo and in Vitro *

1979 • 525 citations

Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Ovarian Follicular Development*

1992 • 524 citations

Biochemical Identification of Apoptosis (Programmed Cell Death) in Granulosa Cells: Evidence for a Potential Mechanism Underlying Follicular Atresia*

1991 • 510 citations

Current Status of the Hypothesis that Mammalian Ovulation is Comparable to an Inflammatory Reaction

1994 • 459 citations

Follicular oestrogen synthesis: the ‘two-cell, two-gonadotrophin’ model revisited

1994 • 430 citations

Expression of members of the bcl-2 gene family in the immature rat ovary: equine chorionic gonadotropin-mediated inhibition of granulosa cell apoptosis is associated with decreased bax and constitutive bcl-2 and bcl-xlong messenger ribonucleic acid levels.

1995 • 356 citations

Molecular Characterization of Fibroblast Growth Factor: Distribution and Biological Activities in Various Tissues

1986 • 340 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

Inhibitors of oxidative stress mimic the ability of follicle-stimulating hormone to suppress apoptosis in cultured rat ovarian follicles.

1995 • 334 citations

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOUSE OVARY FROM BIRTH TO MATURITY

1969 • 329 citations

The Potential Relevance of Cytokines to Ovarian Physiology: The Emerging Role of Resident Ovarian Cells of the White Blood Cell Series

1990 • 322 citations

Gonadotropin-Binding Sites in the Rhesus Monkey Ovary: Role of the Vasculature in the Selective Distribution of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin to the Preovulatory Follicle*

1981 • 288 citations

The dominant ovarian follicle

1982 • 277 citations

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Regulates Aromatase Activity in Human Granulosa and Granulosa Luteal Cells*

1989 • 270 citations

Expression of inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin messenger ribonucleic acids and proteins in ovarian follicles and the corpus luteum during the human menstrual cycle

1993 • 268 citations

Isolation and long-term culture of human preantral follicles.

1993 • 258 citations

Functional Studies of Aromatase Activity in Human Granulosa Cells from Normal and Polycystic Ovaries*

1979 • 250 citations

Fibroblast and Epidermal Growth Factors are Mitogenic Agents for Cultured Granulosa Cells of Rodent, Porcine, and Human Origin*

1979 • 246 citations

Coordinate tropic hormone regulation of mRNAs for insulin-like growth factor II and the cholesterol side-chain-cleavage enzyme, P450scc [corrected], in human steroidogenic tissues.

1987 • 240 citations

The effect of age on the cyclical patterns of plasma LH, FSH, oestradiol and progesterone in women with regular menstrual cycles

1988 • 236 citations

Immunocytochemical localization of human epidermal growth factor/urogastrone in several human tissues.

1985 • 235 citations

Physiology: A mathematical model of follicle dynamics in the human ovary

1995 • 222 citations

Expression and regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and GnRH receptor messenger ribonucleic acids in human granulosa-luteal cells.

1994 • 215 citations

Factors Controlling Proliferation and Progesterone Production by Bovine Granulosa Cells in Serum-Free Medium*

1981 • 213 citations

Localization of leukocyte subsets in the follicle wall and in the corpus luteum throughout the human menstrual cycle

1994 • 212 citations

The changes in the vascular pattern of the ovary of the albino rat during the estrous cycle

1943 • 212 citations

Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Gene Expression in the Rat Ovary is Confined to the Granulosa Cells of Developing Follicles

1989 • 209 citations

Growth Factors Modulate Gonadotropin Receptor Induction in Granulosa Cell Cultures

1981 • 207 citations

Effects of bovine inhibin, transforming growth factor-β and bovine activin-A on granulosa cell differentiation

1987 • 205 citations

Hybridization histochemical localization of activin receptor subtypes in rat brain, pituitary, ovary, and testis.

1994 • 198 citations

Endocrinology of the ovary*

1994 • 193 citations

Intragonadal Regulation of Follicular Maturation

1989 • 187 citations

Immunolocalization of aromatase, 17 -hydroxylase and side-chain-cleavage cytochromes P-450 in the human ovary

1989 • 183 citations

Metabolic regulation of androgen production by human thecal cells in vitro

1995 • 178 citations

Physiology: Immunohistochemical distribution of progesterone, androgen and oestrogen receptors in the human ovary during the menstrual cycle: relationship to expression of steroidogenic enzymes

1994 • 177 citations

Effects of Fibroblast and Epidermal Growth Factors on Ovarian Cell Proliferationin Vitro. I. Characterization of the Response of Granulosa Cells to FGF and EGF

1977 • 174 citations

Stimulation of endogenous endonuclease activity in hepatocytes exposed to oxidative stress

1988 • 174 citations

Effects of activin and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-suppressing protein/follistatin on FSH receptors and differentiation of cultured rat granulosa cells.

1992 • 170 citations

Localization of Inhibin/Activin Subunit mRNAs within the Primate Ovary

1990 • 169 citations

Anatomy of the Human Ovarian Insulin-Like Growth Factor System

1993 • 169 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of oestrogen receptors and progesterone receptors in the human ovary throughout the menstrual cycle

1990 • 169 citations

Cotreatment with human growth hormone and gonadotropins for induction of ovulation: a controlled clinical trial

1990 • 166 citations

Expression of the genes encoding the insulin-like growth factors and their receptors in the human ovary.

1992 • 165 citations

Expression of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-II and the IGF-I, IGF-II, and insulin receptor genes and localization of the gene products in the human ovary.

1993 • 164 citations

Cellular Pattern of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-I Receptor Gene Expression in the Developing and Mature Ovarian Follicle

1991 • 164 citations

The Effect of Transforming Growth Factor-β on Follicle-Stimulating Hormone-Induced Differentiation of Cultured Rat Granulosa Cells*

1987 • 161 citations

Healthy and Atretic Human Follicles in the Preovulatory Phase: Differences in Evolution of Follicular Morphology and Steroid Content of Follicular Fluid*

1979 • 159 citations

Effect of recombinant inhibin on androgen synthesis in cultured human thecal cells

1991 • 159 citations

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein (IGF-BP) Inhibition of Granulosa Cell Function: Effect on Cyclic Adenosine 3’5’-Monophosphate, Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis, and Comparison with the Effect of an IGF-I Antibody*

1990 • 158 citations

Somatomedin-C Enhances Induction of Luteinizing Hormone Receptors by Follicle-Stimulating Hormone in Cultured Rat Granulosa Cells*

1985 • 150 citations

Hormonal regulation of the growth and steroidogenic function of human granulosa cells

1992 • 148 citations

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene expression in human ovary and granulosa-lutein cells.

1995 • 144 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of androgen receptor in the human ovary throughout the menstrual cycle in relation to oestrogen and progesterone receptor expression

1992 • 142 citations

Development of specific antibodies to rat insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBP-2 to -6): analysis of IGFBP production by rat granulosa cells.

1993 • 142 citations

Granulosa cells as a source and target organ for tumor necrosis factor‐α

1990 • 141 citations

Modulation of cAMP-mediated differentiation in ovarian granulosa cells by epidermal growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor.

1983 • 141 citations

GnRH RECEPTORS IN HUMAN GRANULOSA CELLS: ANATOMICAL LOCALIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION BY AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY

1989 • 137 citations

Expression of epidermal growth factor and its receptor in the human ovary during follicular growth and regression.

1993 • 136 citations

Regulation of ovarian progestin production by epidermal growth factor in cultured rat granulosa cells.

1982 • 135 citations

In VitroFertilization and Primary Embryonic Cleavage Are Possible in 17α-Hydroxylase Deficiency Despite Extremely Low Intrafollicular 17β-Estradiol

1989 • 134 citations

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

1993 • 131 citations

The Initiation of Follicle and Oocyte Growth in the Mouse Ovary

1979 • 131 citations

Human Follicular Fluids Contain Tissue Macrophages*

1990 • 130 citations

Experimental approaches to atresia in mammals.

1984 • 128 citations

Androgens and Progestins in the Human Ovarian Follicle: Differences in the Evolution of Preovulatory, Healthy Nonovulatory, and Atretic Follicles*

1981 • 127 citations

Expression of Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Species Encoding Steroidogenic Enzymes in Human Follicles and Corpora Lutea throughout the Menstrual Cycle*

1990 • 126 citations

Ovarian Follicular Development during the Rat Estrous Cycle: Gonadotropin Receptors and Follicular Responsiveness1

1979 • 123 citations

Differential Effects of Epidermal Growth Factor, Somatomedin-C/Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, and Transforming Growth Factor-β on Porcine Granulosa Cell Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis and Cell Proliferation*

1988 • 123 citations

Tumor necrosis factor α in the human ovary: presence in follicular fluid and effects on cell proliferation and prostaglandin production

1992 • 123 citations

Primary cultures of ovarian cells in serum-free medium as models of hormone-dependent differentiation

1983 • 123 citations

Evolution of the diameters of the largest healthy and atretic follicles during the human menstrual cycle

1983 • 122 citations

Ovarian Responses in Macaques to Pulsatile Infusion of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone: Increased Sensitivity of the Maturing Follicle to FSH*

1986 • 122 citations

Effects of epidermal growth factor and insulin-like growth factor I on the levels of mRNA encoding aromatase cytochrome P-450 of human ovarian granulosa cells

1988 • 121 citations

Hormonal regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor messenger ribonucleic acid levels in cultured rat granulosa cells.

1992 • 121 citations

Cotreatment with growth hormone, after pituitary suppression, for ovarian stimulation in in vitro fertilization: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-control trial

1991 • 118 citations

Gonadotropin-induced up- and down-regulation of ovarian follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor gene expression in immature rats: effects of pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin, human chorionic gonadotropin, and recombinant FSH.

1992 • 118 citations

Cytokines—involvement in reproduction

1992 • 116 citations

Immunological Evidence for a Human Ovarian Tumor Necrosis Factor-α

1990 • 115 citations

Angiotensin II inhibits luteinizing hormone-stimulated cholesterol side chain cleavage expression and stimulates basic fibroblast growth factor expression in bovine luteal cells in primary culture.

1990 • 112 citations

Metabolism of androstenedione by human ovarian tissues ? ? with particular reference to reductase and aromatase activity

1979 • 109 citations

Factors Influencing Follicle-Stimulating Hormone-Responsive Steroidogenesis in Marmoset Granulosa Cells: Effects of Androgens and the Stage of Follicular Maturity*

1988 • 109 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of inhibin/activin subunits in human ovarian follicles during the menstrual cycle.

1992 • 107 citations

Hypogonadotropic Eunuchoidism. II. Gonadal Responsiveness to Exogenous Gonadotropins

1973 • 107 citations

Postnatal ovarian follicle development in hypogonadal (hpg) and normal mice and associated changes in the hypothalamic--pituitary ovarian axis

1986 • 106 citations

Induction of follicle stimulating hormone receptor by erythroid differentiation factor on rat granulosa cell

1988 • 106 citations

HUMAN GRANULOSA CELLS SYNTHESIZE LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-BINDING PROTEIN

1989 • 102 citations

Human pituitary and placental hormones control human insulin-like growth factor II secretion in human granulosa cells.

1987 • 101 citations

Effects of Fetal or Maternal Hypophysectomy on Endocrine Organs and Body Weight in Infant Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta): With Particular Emphasis on Oogenesis

1977 • 101 citations

The use of biosynthetic human growth hormone to augment ovulation induction with buserelin acetate/human menopausal gonadotropin in women with a poor ovarian response

1991 • 100 citations

Levels of messenger ribonucleic acid for cytochrome P450 17 alpha-hydroxylase and P450 aromatase in preovulatory bovine follicles decrease after the luteinizing hormone surge.

1993 • 100 citations

Adjuvant growth hormone therapy in poor responders to in-vitro fertilization: a prospective randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study

1995 • 100 citations

Presence of transforming growth factor-beta and their selective cellular localization in human ovarian tissue of various reproductive stages.

1992 • 97 citations

The potential relevance of growth hormone to female reproductive physiology and pathophysiology

1993 • 95 citations

Morphological and Endocrinological Studies on Follicular Development during the Human Menstrual Cycle*

1986 • 91 citations

RECOMBINANT HUMAN ACTIVIN-A PROMOTES PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN LUTEINIZED PREOVULATORY GRANULOSA CELLSIN VITRO

1990 • 90 citations

Ontogeny of gonadotrophin receptors and gonadotrophin-stimulated cyclic AMP production in the neonatal rat ovary

1990 • 88 citations

An analytical model for ovarian follicle dynamics

1976 • 87 citations

Activin-A as an intraovarian modulator: actions, localization, and regulation of the intact dimer in human ovarian cells.

1992 • 87 citations

Cyclic Changes in Follistatin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid and its Protein in the Rat Ovary During the Estrous Cycle*

1991 • 87 citations

The potentiating effect of growth hormone on follicle stimulation with human menopausal gonadotropin in a panhypopituitary patient

1989 • 85 citations

Concentrations of immunoreactive interleukin-1 and interleukin-2 in human preovulatory follicular fluid

1992 • 84 citations

Regulation of Oocyte Growth in the Mouse Ovary

1969 • 84 citations

Gonadotropin binding sites in human ovarian follicles and corpora lutea during the menstrual cycle.

1987 • 84 citations

Cytokine modulation of progesterone and estradiol secretion in cultures of luteinized human granulosa cells.

1992 • 83 citations

Serum sex steroid and peptide hormone concentrations, and endometrial estrogen and progestin receptor levels during administration of human leukocyte interferon

1982 • 83 citations

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Regulation of Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression and LH-Stimulated Signal Transduction in Rat Ovarian Theca-Interstitial Cells1

1994 • 82 citations

THE EFFECT OF HYPOPHYSECTOMY ON AGE CHANGES IN THE OVARIES OF MICE

1961 • 80 citations

Interference with the Gonadotropin-Suppressing Actions of Estradiol in Macaques Overrides the Selection of a Single Preovulatory Follicle*

1985 • 80 citations

Immunocytochemical localization of transforming growth factors (TGFs) TGF-alpha and TGF-beta in human ovarian tissues.

1992 • 78 citations

Interleukin-6 biosynthesis in human preovulatory follicles: some of its potential roles at ovulation.

1994 • 77 citations

Rat 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1: primary structure and regulation of enzyme expression in rat ovary by diethylstilbestrol and gonadotropins in vivo.

1994 • 75 citations

The kinetics of pre‐antral follicle development in ovaries of CBA/Ca mice during the first 14 weeks of life

1987 • 75 citations

Immunolocalization of 3 -hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in human ovary

1990 • 75 citations

Germinal vesicle breakdown in oocytes of human atretic follicles during the menstrual cycle

1986 • 73 citations

Detection of interleukin-6 in human follicular fluid

1992 • 73 citations

Expression of insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), but not IGF-I mRNA, in human preovulatory granulosa cells

1989 • 73 citations

Enhancement and Desensitization of Hormone-Responsive Adenylate Cyclase in Granulosa Cells of Preantral and Antral Ovarian Follicles: Effects of Estradiol and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone*

1982 • 70 citations

The effects of growth factors and phorbol esters on steroid biosynthesis in isolated human theca interna and granulosa-lutein cells in long term culture.

1994 • 70 citations

Radioimmunoassay of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-6 in human serum and other body fluids

1992 • 70 citations

Increase in the expression of thyroid hormone receptors in porcine granulosa cells early in follicular maturation

1992 • 68 citations

Regulation of human granulosa-luteal cell progesterone production and proliferation by gonadotropins and growth factors

1987 • 68 citations

SERUM INHIBIN LEVELS DURING THE PERIOVULATORY INTERVAL IN NORMAL WOMEN: RELATIONSHIPS WITH SEX STEROID AND GONADOTROPHIN LEVELS

1990 • 67 citations

THE EFFECT OF GONADOTROPHIN ON FOLLICLE GROWTH INITIATION IN THE NEONATAL MOUSE OVARY

1973 • 67 citations

Identification and cellular localization of growth hormone receptor gene expression in the human ovary.

1994 • 67 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of 17α-hydroxylase/C17–20 lyase and aromatase cytochrome P-450 in the human ovary during the menstrual cycle

1992 • 67 citations

INHIBITION OF OESTRADIOL PRODUCTION BY EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR IN HUMAN GRANULOSA CELLS OF NORMAL AND POLYCYSTIC OVARIES

1990 • 67 citations

Quantitative Evaluation of the Cell Cycle-Related Retinoblastoma Protein and Localization of Thy-1 Differentiation Protein and Macrophages during Follicular Development and Atresia, and in Human Corpora Lutea1

1995 • 67 citations

Overexpression of a human transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF alpha) transgene reveals a dual antagonistic role of TGF alpha in female sexual development.

1994 • 66 citations

Immunohistochemical Localization of Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Activity in the Hamster Ovary with a Polyclonal Antibody*

1990 • 66 citations

Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) inhibits production of IGF-binding protein-1 while stimulating estradiol secretion in granulosa cells from normal and polycystic human ovaries.

1993 • 65 citations

Expression of inhibin/activin system messenger ribonucleic acids and proteins in ovarian follicles from women with polycystic ovarian syndrome.

1994 • 64 citations

Recruitment of an ovulatory follicle in the human following follicle-ectomy and luteectomy

1982 • 64 citations

Sex Differences in Gonadotrophin Concentrations in Infancy

1971 • 64 citations

Gonadotropin Receptors in Human Ovarian Follicles and Corpora lutea throughout the Menstrual Cycle

1992 • 64 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of pituitary gonadotrophins and gonadal steroids confirms the 'two-cell, two-gonadotrophin' hypothesis of steroidogenesis in the human ovary

1990 • 63 citations

Identification of insulin-like growth factor-II in human seminal and follicular fluids

1986 • 63 citations

Titrating Luteinizing Hormone Surge Requirements for Ovulatory Changes in Primate Follicles. II. Progesterone Receptor Expression in Luteinizing Granulosa Cells*

1991 • 63 citations

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 inhibits the DNA amplification induced by insulin-like growth factor I in human granulosa—luteal cells

1991 • 62 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of renin and angiotensin in the ovary: comparison between normal women and patients with histologically proven polycystic ovarian disease

1993 • 62 citations

Relative effects of activin and inhibin on steroid hormone synthesis in primate granulosa cells.

1992 • 62 citations

Expression of Connexin 43 Gap Junction Messenger Ribonucleic Acid and Protein during Follicular Atresia

1994 • 62 citations

The role of progesterone in regulating human granulosa cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro.

1993 • 61 citations

The Primate Ovarian Cycle: Suppression of Human Menopausal Gonadotropin-Induced Follicular Growth in the Presence of the Dominant Follicle*

1980 • 61 citations

Expression of functional growth hormone receptors in human granulosa cells

1992 • 60 citations

Color Doppler assessment of folliculogenesis in in vitro fertilization patients

1994 • 60 citations

In situ ligand binding of recombinant human [125I] activin-A and recombinant human [125I]inhibin-A to the adult rat ovary.

1993 • 60 citations

Follicular fluid insulin-like growth factor binding protein profiles in polycystic ovary syndrome.

1992 • 59 citations

Comparison of Granulosa Cell Proliferation in Small Follicles of Hypophysectomized, Prepubertal, and Mature Rats1

1985 • 59 citations

Spontaneous pregnancies in two women with Laron-type dwarfism: are growth hormone and circulating insulin-like growth factor mandatory for induction of ovulation?

1991 • 59 citations

Interest of growth hormone-releasing hormone administration for improvement of ovarian responsiveness to gonadotropins in poor responder women

1991 • 58 citations

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) in human preovulatory follicles

1989 • 58 citations

Inhibitory effects of insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins on steroidogenesis by human granulosa cells in culture

1992 • 57 citations

AMENORRHOEA ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED PRODUCTION OF GONADOTROPHINS AND A MORPHOLOGICALLY NORMAL OVARIAN FOLLICULAR APPARATUS

1971 • 57 citations

Expression of a dominant-negative mutant human insulin receptor in the muscle of transgenic mice.

1994 • 57 citations

Insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins in healthy and atretic follicles during natural menstrual cycles.

1993 • 56 citations

Progesterone as an autocrine/paracrine regulator of human granulosa cell proliferation.

1992 • 56 citations

Size, Number, Cellular Proliferation, and Atresia of Gonadotropin-Induced Follicles in Ewes1

1994 • 54 citations

Ovarian morphology in women with anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

1976 • 54 citations

Recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone stimulates multiple follicular growth, but minimal estrogen production in gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist-treated monkeys: examining the role of luteinizing hormone in follicular development and steroidogenesis.

1994 • 53 citations

Interactions between interferon γ, tumour necrosis factor α, and interleukin-1 in modulating progesterone and oestradiol production by human luteinized granulosa cells in culture

1992 • 53 citations

Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) levels in follicular fluid from human preovulatory follicles: correlation with serum IGF-I levels

1990 • 53 citations

Epidermal growth factor antagonizes ovarian theca-interstitial cytodifferentiation

1983 • 53 citations

Absence of effect of adjuvant growth hormone therapy on follicular responses to exogenous gonadotropins in women: normal and poor responders

1992 • 53 citations

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

1992 • 52 citations

Identification of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and IGFBP-2 in Human Follicular Fluid*

1990 • 52 citations

The Production of Transforming Growth Factor-β Porcine Ovary and its Secretion in Vitro*

1990 • 52 citations

Pharmaco-dynamics of human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). The importance of the FSH concentration in initiating follicular growth in polycystic ovary-like disease

1993 • 52 citations

The Relationship Between Prorenin Levels in Follicular Fluid and Follicular Atresia in Bovine Ovaries*

1991 • 52 citations

Proliferating Human Granulosa-Lutein Cells in Long Term Monolayer Culture: Expression of Aromatase, Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage, and 3β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase*

1990 • 51 citations

Transferrin and somatomedin C receptors in the human ovarian follicles

1987 • 50 citations

Extrapituitary actions of gonadotropin-releasing hormone: stimulation of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-4 and atresia.

1994 • 48 citations

Lymphokines, Including Interleukin-2, Alter Gonadotropin-Stimulated Progesterone Production and Proliferation of Human Granulosa-Luteal Cellsin Vitro*

1991 • 48 citations

Transforming Growth Factor Beta Modulates Gonadotropin Receptor Expression in Porcine and Rat Granulosa Cells Differently1

1993 • 46 citations

Effect of enucleation of the corpus luteum at different stages of the luteal phase of the human menstrual cycle on subsequent follicular development

1984 • 45 citations

RADIOIMMUNOASSAY OF FOLLISTATIN: APPLICATION FOR IN VITRO FERTILIZATION PROCEDURES

1990 • 44 citations

Altered Expression of Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-l Receptors in Follicular and Stromal Compartments of Polycystic Ovaries.

1993 • 43 citations

Human granulosa contain messenger ribonucleic acids encoding insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs) and secrete IGFBPs in culture

1991 • 43 citations

Fluorescence Localization of Luteinizing Hormone/ Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Uptake in the Primate Ovary. II. Changing Distribution during Selection of the Dominant Follicle

1980 • 42 citations

Early Follicle Growth in the Juvenile Macaca Monkey Ovary: The Effects of Estrogen Priming and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone1

1994 • 41 citations

Progesterone production by human granulosa cells cultured in serum free medium: effects of gonadotrophins and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I)

1991 • 41 citations

Immunoreactive insulin-like growth factor I in human follicular fluid*

1989 • 40 citations

HUMAN GRANULOSA CELLS CONTAIN INSULIN‐LIKE GROWTH FACTOR‐BINDING PROTEIN (IGF BP‐1) mRNA

1990 • 40 citations

Estrogen receptors are present in human granulosa cells.

1995 • 40 citations

Activin-binding proteins in human serum and follicular fluid.

1992 • 40 citations

Effects of short-term injection of gonadotrophins on ovarian follicle development in hypogonadal (hpg) mice

1988 • 40 citations

Follicular growth and atresia in the mouse

1979 • 40 citations

Insulin-like growth factor-II stimulates human granulosa-luteal cell proliferation in vitro

1994 • 40 citations

INSULIN‐LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS IN FOLLICULAR FLUID FROM NORMAL DOMINANT AND COHORT FOLLICLES, POLYCYSTIC AND MULTICYSTIC OVARIES

1990 • 39 citations

Control of inhibin production by primate granulosa cells

1989 • 39 citations

Qualitative changes in medium and large antral follicles in the human ovary during the menstrual cycle

1979 • 37 citations

In Vitro DNA Synthesis by Isolated Preantral to Preovulatory Follicles from the Cyclic Mouse1

1991 • 36 citations

ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE OVARIES OF INFANT MICE DEPRIVED OF ENDOGENOUS GONADOTROPHINS AND AFTER SUBSTITUTION WITH FSH

1974 • 35 citations

Immunolocalization of Transforming Growth Factor a and Luteinizing Hormone Receptor in Healthy and Atretic Follicles of the Adult Rat Ovary1

1995 • 35 citations

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist inhibits physiologic ovarian follicular loss in rats

1989 • 34 citations

Stage-Limited Expression of myc Oncoprotein in the Human Ovary during Follicular Growth, Regression and Atresia.

1994 • 34 citations

Follicle Growth and Cell Dynamics in the Mouse Ovary During Pregnancy

1971 • 34 citations

In VitroEffects of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, Luteinizing Hormone, and Prolactin on Follicular Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis in the Hamster*

1988 • 33 citations

Developmental Changes in Luteinizing Hormone/Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Steroidogenic Responsiveness in Marmoset Granulosa Cells: Effects of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Androgens*

1989 • 33 citations

The Effects of Food Restriction and Hypophysectomy on Numbers of Primordial Follicles and Concentrations of Hormones in Rats1

1986 • 33 citations

Effect of insulin-like growth factor I on deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in cultured human granulosa cells

1990 • 33 citations

Localization of inhibin/activin subunit mRNAs during the luteal phase in the primate ovary

1993 • 32 citations

Inhibition of progestin accumulation by activin-A in human granulosa cells.

1992 • 32 citations

THE HUMAN OVARY IN EARLY PREGNANCY

1968 • 32 citations

Epidermal growth factor in small antral ovarian follicles of pregnant women

1990 • 32 citations

Initiation of Follicular Growth in the Infant Mouse Ovary by Exogenous Gonadotrophin

1977 • 31 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of inhibin subunits in polycystic ovary.

1993 • 31 citations

Human granulosa-luteal and cumulus cells express transforming growth factors-beta type 1 and type 2 mRNA.

1992 • 31 citations

Regulation of ovarian follicular development: A review of microscopic studies

1994 • 30 citations

The number of clonal precursors of the follicular epithelium in the mouse ovary

1988 • 28 citations

Insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins in human follicular fluid

1991 • 28 citations

Changes in Cytosolic Free Calcium Ion Concentrations in Individual Rat Granulosa Cells: Effect of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone*

1989 • 28 citations

Isolation of a Chemotactic Protein for Neutrophils from Human Ovarian Follicular Fluid

1988 • 27 citations

Granulosa Cell Steroidogenesis Before In Vitro Fertilization

1984 • 27 citations

Effect of luteinizing hormone on follicle stimulating hormone-activated paracrine signalling in rat ovary

1995 • 26 citations

Expression of messenger ribonucleic acids encoding for basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and alternatively spliced FGF receptor in human fetal ovary and uterus.

1993 • 26 citations

Production of transforming growth factor-alpha by normal and polycystic ovaries.

1995 • 25 citations

Steroid production in cultured thecal cells obtained from human ovarian follicles

1993 • 25 citations

Expression of the genes encoding basic fibroblastgrowth factor and its receptorin human granulosa cells

1993 • 24 citations

Hormonal correlates of normal and abnormal follicle growth after puberty in humans and other primates

1978 • 24 citations

Influence of human chorionic gonadotropin in vivo on steroid formation and gonadotropin responsiveness of isolated human preovulatory follicular cells

1983 • 23 citations

Insulin-like growth factor II in follicular fluid of the patients with in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

1993 • 23 citations

Further Investigations on the Maturation and Degeneration of Human Ovarian Follicles and Their Oocytes

1978 • 23 citations

Development of the perifollicular capillary network. Autoradiographic and morphometric studies in the rabbit ovary

1989 • 22 citations

Stimulation of progesterone secretion by recombinant follistatin-288 in human granulosa cells.

1993 • 21 citations

An immunohistochemical study of the vascularization of the human Graafian follicle

1994 • 21 citations

Differential responsiveness of luteinized human granulosa cells to gonadotropins and insulin-like growth factor I for induction of aromatase activity

1991 • 21 citations

Epidermal growth factor stimulates production of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 in human granulosa-luteal cells

1992 • 21 citations

Insulin and insulin-like growth factor I in follicular fluid after induction of ovulation in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

1992 • 21 citations

Gonadotropin-dependent and gonadotropin-independent development of inhibin subunit messenger ribonucleic acid levels in the mouse ovary.

1995 • 20 citations

In-vitro effects of angiotensin II on steroid production by hamster ovarian follicles and on ultrastructure of the theca interna

1992 • 20 citations

Reverse transcription with nested polymerase chain reaction shows expression of basic fibroblast growth factor transcripts in human granulosa and cumulus cells from in vitro fertilisation patients

1992 • 20 citations

Endocrinology:Immunohistochemical localization of growth hormone receptor in cyclic human ovaries

1994 • 20 citations

Angiogenic, mitogenic, and chemotactic activity of human follicular fluid

1988 • 19 citations

Are human luteinizing granulosa cells a site of action for progesterone and relaxin?

1990 • 18 citations

Immunoreactive insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in the culture of human luteinized granulosa cells

1991 • 18 citations

Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Inhibits Rat Granulosa Cell Plasminogen Activator Activity in Vitro during Follicular Development1

1995 • 16 citations

Augmentation by epidermal growth factor of basal and stimulated progesterone production by human luteinized granulosa cells

1989 • 15 citations

A postulated role for naturally occurring aromatase inhibitors in follicle selection

1987 • 15 citations

THE EFFECT OF UNILATERAL OVARIECTOMY IN THE NEONATAL MOUSE ON FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT

1973 • 14 citations

The Ontogeny of Immunoreactive, Endogenous FSH and LH in the Rat Ovary during Early Folliculogenesis

1989 • 12 citations

Normal Regulation of Ovarian Androgen Production

1993 • 12 citations

Ovarian Function for Multiple Follicle Maturation

1986 • 11 citations

case report: Ovarian stimulation in an infertile patient with growth hormone-deficient Oliver-Mcfarlane syndrome

1994 • 11 citations

Ovarian sensitivity to follicle-stimulating hormone during the follicular phase of the human menstrual cycle and in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome

1993 • 10 citations

Stage-specific expression of c-myc messenger ribonucleic acid in porcine granulosa cells early in follicular growth

1994 • 6 citations

Ovarian morphology in oligomenorrhea

1975 • 5 citations

Low-dose growth hormone-releasing factor may enhance folliculogenesis in regularly menstruating women: a preliminary study

1995 • 4 citations

Evidence for the production of a nonsteroidal endotheliotropic factor by human granulosa cells in culture*

1992 • 2 citations

Physiology: Human follicular fluid maturity and endothelial cell mitogenesis

1993 • 1 citations