Effects of follicular cells on oocyte maturation. II: Theca cell inhibition of bovine oocyte maturation in vitro

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1935 • 983 citations

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

1965 • 835 citations

Development of Preimplantation Embryos of the Golden Hamster in a Defined Culture Medium

1983 • 671 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

Characterization of Bovine Follicular Oocytes and Their Ability to Mature In Vitro

1979 • 407 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

Chemical Signals that Regulate Mammalian Oocyte Maturation

1984 • 249 citations

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

1985 • 216 citations

The maturation of rabbit oocytes in culture and their maturation, activation, fertilization and subsequent development in the Fallopian tubes

1955 • 210 citations

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

1986 • 198 citations

Some aspects of thecal and granulosa cell function during follicular development in the bovine ovary

1984 • 196 citations

Maintenance of meiotic arrest in mouse oocytes by purines: Modulation of cAMP levels and cAMP phosphodiesterase activity

1989 • 149 citations

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

1985 • 133 citations

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

1982 • 112 citations

Effect of Bovine and Porcine Follicular Fluid and Granulosa Cells on Maturation of Oocytes in vitro1

1980 • 99 citations

Inhibin as an oocyte meiotic inhibitor

1989 • 98 citations

Effect of adenylate cyclase stimulation on meiotic resumption and cyclic AMP content of zona-free and cumulus-enclosed bovine oocytes in vitro

1993 • 96 citations

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

1984 • 87 citations

Granulosa Cells Inhibit the Resumption of Meiosis in Bovine Oocytes in Vitro1

1990 • 84 citations

Bovine cumulus-oocyte disconnection in vitro

1987 • 77 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

Roles of cell junctions in gametogenesis and in early embryonic development

1988 • 76 citations

INHIBITION OF MATURATION OF ISOLATED RAT OOCYTES BY PORCINE FOLLICULAR FLUID

1977 • 72 citations

Effects of follicular cells on oocyte maturation. I: Effects of follicular hemisections on bovine oocyte maturation in vitro

1996 • 67 citations

Maintenance of Meiotic Arrest in Isolated Rat Oocytes by the Invasive Adenylate Cyclase of Bordetella Pertussis

1987 • 66 citations

Effect of fresh or cultured follicular fractions on meiotic resumption in bovine oocytes

1992 • 65 citations

Follicular Control of Meiosis in the Porcine Oocyte1

1980 • 65 citations

Intrafollicular control of oocyte maturation in the PIG

1979 • 60 citations

Factors affecting the resumption of meiotic maturation in mammalian oocytes

1993 • 60 citations

Developmental and Hormonal Regulation of Bovine Granulosa Cell Function in the Preovulatory Follicle*

1988 • 58 citations

Follicular wall maintains meiotic arrest in bovine oocytes cultured in vitro

1994 • 53 citations

Down-regulation of membrana granulosa cell gap junctions is correlated with irreversible commitment to resume meiosis in golden Syrian hamster oocytes.

1989 • 50 citations

Effects of granulosa cell co-culture on in-vitro meiotic resumption of bovine oocytes

1990 • 46 citations

Resumption of meiosis in pig oocytes cultured with cumulus and parietal granulosa cells: The effect of protein synthesis inhibition

1991 • 43 citations

The co-culture of cumulus-enclosed bovine oocytes and hemi-sections of follicles: Effects on meiotic resumption

1993 • 35 citations

Effects of bovine follicular fluid on maturation of bovine oocytes

1994 • 30 citations

Meiotic Arresting Substance Separated from Porcine Ovarian Granulosa Cells and Hypothetical Arresting Mechanism of Meiosis

1982 • 30 citations

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

1990 • 25 citations

Pig membrana granulosa cells prevent resumption of meiosis in cattle oocytes

1993 • 24 citations

Influence of Follicular Wall on Meiotic Resumption of Bovine Oocytes When Cultured Inside or Outside Hemi-Sections.

1994 • 21 citations

Inhibition of nuclear maturation of isolated rat oocytes by follicular constituents

1978 • 21 citations

Progestins inhibit murine oocyte meiotic maturation in vitro

1993 • 18 citations

Role of Protein Phosphorylation in Meiotic Maturation of Mouse Oocytes in Vitro^a

1988 • 9 citations

Is cAMP decrease essential for resumption of meiosis in mouse oocytes?

1993 • 5 citations

Observations on follicular lactate concentrations and the influence of granulosa cells on oocyte maturation in the rat (including data on second polar body formation)

1978 • 4 citations