Ovarian Follicle Atresia: A Hormonally Controlled Apoptotic Process*

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Identification of programmed cell death in situ via specific labeling of nuclear DNA fragmentation.

1992 • 9,540 citations

Cell Death: The Significance of Apoptosis

1980 • 7,281 citations

Bcl-2 heterodimerizes in vivo with a conserved homolog, Bax, that accelerates programed cell death

1993 • 6,009 citations

Glucocorticoid-induced thymocyte apoptosis is associated with endogenous endonuclease activation

1980 • 4,591 citations

Bcl-2 is an inner mitochondrial membrane protein that blocks programmed cell death

1990 • 3,817 citations

Genistein, a specific inhibitor of tyrosine-specific protein kinases.

1987 • 3,773 citations

Bcl-2 functions in an antioxidant pathway to prevent apoptosis

1993 • 3,465 citations

bcl-x, a bcl-2-related gene that functions as a dominant regulator of apoptotic cell death

1993 • 3,111 citations

The polypeptide encoded by the cDNA for human cell surface antigen Fas can mediate apoptosis

1991 • 2,815 citations

Social controls on cell survival and cell death

1992 • 2,641 citations

Molecular cloning and expression of the fas ligand, a novel member of the tumor necrosis factor family

1993 • 2,546 citations

Mechanisms and Functions of Cell Death

1991 • 2,061 citations

Genetic control of programmed cell death in the nematode C. elegans

1986 • 1,790 citations

Monoclonal Antibody-Mediated Tumor Regression by Induction of Apoptosis

1989 • 1,739 citations

Bcl-2-deficient mice demonstrate fulminant lymphoid apoptosis, polycystic kidneys, and hypopigmented hair

1993 • 1,638 citations

Programmed cell death involved in the schizolysigenous formation of the secretory cavity in Citrus sinensis L. (Osbeck)

2010 • 1,629 citations

Programmed Cell Death and the Control of Cell Survival: Lessons from the Nervous System

1993 • 1,470 citations

A cell-killing monoclonal antibody (anti-Fas) to a cell surface antigen co-downregulated with the receptor of tumor necrosis factor.

1989 • 1,436 citations

Induction of apoptosis in fibroblasts by IL-1β-converting enzyme, a mammalian homolog of the C. elegans cell death gene ced-3

1993 • 1,387 citations

Cell death and control of cell survival in the oligodendrocyte lineage

1992 • 1,331 citations

BCL2 protein is topographically restricted in tissues characterized by apoptotic cell death.

1991 • 1,301 citations

Development of Follicles in the Mammalian Ovary

1991 • 1,254 citations

Cloning and structural analysis of cDNAs for bcl-2 and a hybrid bcl-2/immunoglobulin transcript resulting from the t(14;18) translocation

1986 • 1,232 citations

bcl-2 inhibits multiple forms of apoptosis but not negative selection in thymocytes

1991 • 1,223 citations

Purification and characterization of an FSH releasing protein from porcine ovarian follicular fluid

1986 • 1,148 citations

bcl-2 transgene inhibits T cell death and perturbs thymic self-censorship

1991 • 1,090 citations

Expression cloning of the TGF-β type II receptor, a functional transmembrane serine/threonine kinase

1992 • 1,071 citations

Pituitary FSH is released by a heterodimer of the β-subunits from the two forms of inhibin

1986 • 1,071 citations

PROPOSAL FOR A CLASSIFICATION OF OOCYTES AND FOLLICLES IN THE MOUSE OVARY

1968 • 1,058 citations

Apoptosis: The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Programmed Cell Death*

1993 • 1,005 citations

Detection of DNA strand breaks in individual apoptotic cells by the in situ terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase and nick translation assays.

1993 • 997 citations

MCL1, a gene expressed in programmed myeloid cell differentiation, has sequence similarity to BCL2.

1993 • 959 citations

Haemopoietic colony stimulating factors promote cell survival by suppressing apoptosis

1990 • 945 citations

Insulin-Like Growth Factors as Intraovarian Regulators of Granulosa Cell Growth and Function*

1985 • 921 citations

Inhibitors of protein synthesis and RNA synthesis prevent neuronal death caused by nerve growth factor deprivation.

1988 • 909 citations

Caenorhabditis elegans gene ced-9 protects cells from programmed cell death

1992 • 889 citations

Purification and molecular cloning of the APO-1 cell surface antigen, a member of the tumor necrosis factor/nerve growth factor receptor superfamily. Sequence identity with the Fas antigen.

1992 • 857 citations

The cDNA structure, expression, and chromosomal assignment of the mouse Fas antigen.

1992 • 839 citations

Erythropoietin Retards DNA Breakdown and Prevents Programmed Death in Erythroid Progenitor Cells

1990 • 837 citations

A new method to detect apoptosis in paraffin sections: in situ end-labeling of fragmented DNA.

1993 • 823 citations

Expression cloning of an activin receptor, a predicted transmembrane serine kinase

1991 • 760 citations

Bcl-2 blocks apoptosis in cells lacking mitochondrial DNA

1993 • 758 citations

Ovarian Follicular Dynamics during the Estrous Cycle in Heifers Monitored by Real-Time UItrasonograph1

1988 • 741 citations

Activation of Programmed Cell Death in the Rat Ventral Prostate after Castration*

1988 • 730 citations

Identification and molecular characterization of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBP-1, -2, -3, -4, -5 and -6)

1991 • 680 citations

Dynamics of follicular growth in the human: a model from preliminary results

1986 • 675 citations

INVOLVEMENT OF APOPTOSIS IN OVARIAN FOLLICULAR ATRESIA AND POSTOVULATORY REGRESSION

1991 • 650 citations

Endogenous endonuclease-induced DNA fragmentation: an early event in cell-mediated cytolysis.

1983 • 616 citations

Prevention of Programmed Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans by Human bcl-2

1992 • 608 citations

Epstein-Barr virus-coded BHRF1 protein, a viral homologue of Bcl-2, protects human B cells from programmed cell death.

1993 • 602 citations

Blocking of EGF-Dependent Cell Proliferation by EGF Receptor Kinase Inhibitors

1988 • 593 citations

Cell death: a new classification separating apoptosis from necrosis

1981 • 575 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

QUANTITATIVE MORPHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FOLLICULAR SYSTEM IN WOMEN

1952 • 521 citations

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

1991 • 510 citations

Isolation of inhibin from bovine follicular fluid

1985 • 499 citations

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

1991 • 482 citations

Chemical and Biological Characterization of the Inhibin Family of Protein Hormones

1988 • 459 citations

Differentiation of mammalian embryonic gonad

1986 • 449 citations

Germinal center cells express bcl‐2 protein after activation by signals which prevent their entry into apoptosis

1991 • 446 citations

Extrapituitary Actions of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone*

1981 • 445 citations

Hormonal and follicular factors affecting maturation of sheep oocytes in vitro and their subsequent developmental capacity

1977 • 444 citations

Isolation and partial characterization of a Mr 32,000 protein with inhibin activity from porcine follicular fluid.

1985 • 434 citations

Tissue Distribution of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I and II Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in the Adult Rat*

1987 • 418 citations

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

1991 • 405 citations

Disappearance of the Lymphoid System in Bcl-2 Homozygous Mutant Chimeric Mice

1993 • 402 citations

Cloning of a Type I TGF-β Receptor and Its Effect on TGF-β Binding to the Type II Receptor

1993 • 401 citations

Programmed cell death, apoptosis and killer genes

1993 • 396 citations

Programmed cell death—II. Endocrine potentiation of the breakdown of the intersegmental muscles of silkmoths

1964 • 384 citations

Apoptosis in testis germ cells: developmental changes in gonadotropin dependence and localization to selective tubule stages.

1995 • 371 citations

Microscale autoradiographic method for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of apoptotic DNA fragmentation

1993 • 348 citations

Gonadotropin suppression of apoptosis in cultured preovulatory follicles: mediatory role of endogenous insulin-like growth factor I.

1994 • 346 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

Characterization of A1, a novel hemopoietic-specific early-response gene with sequence similarity to bcl-2.

1993 • 336 citations

Isolation of porcine follicular fluid inhibin of 32K daltons

1985 • 327 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

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

1993 • 307 citations

Identification, purification, and characterization of a calcium-dependent endonuclease (NUC18) from apoptotic rat thymocytes. NUC18 is not histone H2B.

1991 • 301 citations

Hormonal control of apoptotic cell death in the testis: gonadotropins and androgens as testicular cell survival factors.

1993 • 300 citations

Purification and partial characterization of inhibin from porcine follicular fluid

1985 • 292 citations

Evidence for a Role of Androgens in Follicular Maturation

1975 • 283 citations

FOLLICULAR GROWTH: THE BASIC EVENT IN THE MOUSE AND HUMAN OVARY

1975 • 277 citations

Inhibition of DNA Fragmentation in Thymocytes and Isolated Thymocyte Nuclei by Agents That Stimulate Protein Kinase C

1989 • 276 citations

Inhibin and Activin Locally Regulate Rat Ovarian Folliculogenesis

1990 • 257 citations

Gonadotropins and Estradiol Stimulate Immunoreactive Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Production by Porcine Granulosa Cells in Vitro*

1987 • 248 citations

Morphometric Analysis of Foilicular Development in the Rat

1978 • 240 citations

GROWTH HORMONE INCREASES OVARIAN LEVELS OF IMMONOREACTIVE SOMATOMEDIN C/INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR IIN VIVO.

1986 • 234 citations

Apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells by fibroblast growth factor deprivation

1990 • 230 citations

A quantitative and cytological study of oogonia and oocytes in the foetal and neonatal rat

1962 • 223 citations

Folliculogenesis in the Primate Ovarian Cycle

1981 • 222 citations

Differential expression of bcl2 protooncogene in neuroblastoma and other human tumor cell lines of neural origin.

1991 • 222 citations

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone directly induces apoptotic cell death in the rat ovary: biochemical and in situ detection of deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation in granulosa cells

1994 • 220 citations

Apoptosis in atretic ovarian follicles is associated with selective decreases in messenger ribonucleic acid transcripts for gonadotropin receptors and cytochrome P450 aromatase.

1992 • 219 citations

Hormonal Regulation of Granulosa Cell Inhibin Biosynthesis*

1986 • 208 citations

Activin induces cell death in hepatocytes in vivo and in vitro

1993 • 206 citations

Activation-driven T cell death. I. Requirements for de novo transcription and translation and association with genome fragmentation.

1989 • 194 citations

The Role of FSH and LH and of Their Antibodies on Follicle Growth and on Ovulation

1974 • 194 citations

An African swine fever virus gene with similarity to the proto-oncogene bcl-2 and the Epstein-Barr virus gene BHRF1

1993 • 194 citations

In vitro apoptosis in the human hepatoma cell line induced by transforming growth factor beta 1.

1992 • 190 citations

Structural changes occurring during atresia in sheep ovarian follicles

1976 • 183 citations

Bovine Granulosa Cells Produce Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor*

1987 • 175 citations

CTL: virus control cells first and cytolytic cells second? DNA fragmentation, apoptosis and the prelytic halt hypothesis

1989 • 169 citations

Factors regulating the growth of the preovulatory follicle in the sheep and human

1983 • 168 citations

A simple and repid method for detection of apoptosis in human cells

1992 • 163 citations

An Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein in Ovarian Follicular Fluid Blocks Follicle-Stimulating Hormone-Stimulated Steroid Production by Ovarian Granulosa Cells*

1989 • 163 citations

Suppression of follicular development after chronic LHRH immunoneutralization in the ewe

1986 • 160 citations

Endogenous nuclease. Properties and effects on transcribed genes in chromatin.

1982 • 159 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

Premature gonadal failure

1982 • 158 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

CELL KINETIC STUDIES OF FOLLICULAR ATRESIA IN THE MOUSE OVARY

1974 • 152 citations

RAT OVARIAN INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I (IGF-I) GENE EXPRESSION IS GRANULOSA CELL-SELECTIVE: 5′-UNTRANSLATED mRNA VARIANT REPRESENTATION AND HORMONAL REGULATION

1989 • 150 citations

Effects of Exogenous Testosterone on Ovarian Weight, Follicular Morphology and Intraovarian Progesterone Concentration in Estrogen-Primed Hypophysectomized Immature Female Rats

1979 • 148 citations

Suppression of the secondary FSH surge with bovine follicular fluid is associated with delayed ovarian follicular development in heifers

1990 • 145 citations

Specific Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF) I- and II-Binding Sites on Rat Granulosa Cells: Relation to IGF Action*

1986 • 137 citations

Follicular atresia in the infant human ovary

1976 • 137 citations

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

1982 • 135 citations

Estradiol, Testosterone, and Androstenedione in Ovine Follicular Fluid During Growth and Atresia of Ovarian Follicles

1981 • 134 citations

Follicle selection in domestic ruminants.

1991 • 134 citations

Effect of PMSG on follicular atresia in the immature rat ovary

1980 • 132 citations

DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION OF Ca⁺⁺/Mg⁺⁺-DEPENDENT ENDONUCLEASE ACTIVITY IN RAT GRANULOSA AND LUTEAL CELLS

1989 • 129 citations

Cytokine-mediated regulation of ovarian function: Tumor necrosis factor a inhibits gonadotropin-supported progesterone accumulation by differentiating and luteinized murine granulosa cells

1990 • 127 citations

Gonadotropin Receptors of the Ovine Ovarian Follicle during Follicular Growth and Atresia1

1979 • 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

Expression of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Prothymosin-α Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in the Ovary*

1990 • 122 citations

Ovarian epidermal growth factor-like activity. Concentrations in porcine follicular fluid during follicular enlargement

1987 • 120 citations

Binding of gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist to rat ovarian granulosa cells

1980 • 120 citations

Mechanisms of immune lysis. II. CTL-induced nuclear disintegration of the target begins within minutes of cell contact.

1980 • 119 citations

Isolation and characterization of the chickenbcl–2gene: expression in a variety of tissues including lymphoid and neuronal organs in adult and embryo

1992 • 118 citations

Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor-αin Vitroon Steroidogenesis of Healthy and Atretic Follicles of the Rat: Theca as a Target*

1990 • 114 citations

Hormonal Control of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors by Gonadotropins during Granulosa Cell Differentiation

1987 • 114 citations

Analysis of TNF alpha-induced DNA strand breaks at the single cell level.

1991 • 111 citations

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SECRETION OF THE CORPUS LUTEUM AND THE LENGTH OF THE FOLLICULAR PHASE OF THE OVARIAN CYCLE

1975 • 109 citations

THE ROLE OF THE RETE OVARII IN MEIOSIS AND FOLLICLE FORMATION IN THE CAT, MINK AND FERRET

1975 • 108 citations

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein profiles in human ovarian follicular fluid correlate with follicular functional status

1992 • 104 citations

Developmental changes in the ovarian follicular basal lamina detected by immunofluorescence and electron microscopy.

1983 • 104 citations

The Role of FSH in the Selection of Large Ovarian Follicles in the Rat

1978 • 103 citations

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

1992 • 102 citations

Ultrastructural changes in the theca interna during follicular atresia in sheep

1978 • 101 citations

Size-Frequency Analysis of Atresia in Cycling Rats1

1988 • 98 citations

Detection and measurement of single-strand breaks in nuclear DNA in fixed lens sections

1972 • 98 citations

The Pattern of Ovarian Inhibin, Estradiol, and Androstenedione Secretion during the Estrous Cycle of the Ewe*

1990 • 96 citations

Biochemical evidence for programmed cell death in rabbit uterine epithelium.

1989 • 95 citations

Evidence for Selective Expression of Angiotensin II Receptors on Atretic Follicles in the Rat Ovary: An Autoradiographic Study*

1988 • 94 citations

A Functional Role for 20α-Hydroxypregn-4-en-3-one in the Rabbit

1967 • 93 citations

Role of Fetal Follicular Cells in Meiosis of Mammalian Oöcytes

1964 • 93 citations

Evidence for a Physiological Role of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) or GnRH-Like Material in the Ovary*

1985 • 91 citations

Effects of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Human Interstitial Cell Stimulating Hormone and Human Follicle-Stimulating Hormone on Ovarian Weights in Estrogen-Primed Hypophysectomized Immature Female Rats

1975 • 91 citations

Combined action of stem cell factor, leukemia inhibitory factor, and cAMP on in vitro proliferation of mouse primordial germ cells

1993 • 88 citations

Atresia of Preovulatory Follicles: Gonadotropin Binding and Steroidogenic Activity

1980 • 87 citations

Cytokine-mediated regulation of ovarian function. Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibits gonadotropin-supported ovarian androgen biosynthesis.

1991 • 85 citations

Modulation of progestin secretion in ovarian cells by 17β-hydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (dihydrotestosterone): A direct demonstration in monolayer culture

1976 • 85 citations

ALTERATIONS IN GRANULOSA CELL AROMATASE ACTIVITY ACCOMPANYING PREOVULATORY FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT IN THE RAT OVARY WITH EVIDENCE THAT 5α-REDUCED C19 STEROIDS INHIBIT THE AROMATASE REACTION IN VITRO

1980 • 84 citations

Steroidogenesis in Porcine Atretic Follicles: Loss of Aromatase Activity in Isolated Granulosa and Theca1

1985 • 82 citations

Localization of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-5 messenger ribonucleic acid in rat ovaries during the estrous cycle.

1992 • 82 citations

An improved method for the detection of DNA fragmentation

1991 • 82 citations

Temporal and Topographic Changes in DNA Synthesis after Induced Follicular Atresia1

1989 • 80 citations

FSH influences follicle viability, oestradiol biosynthesis and ovulation rate in Romney ewes

1985 • 78 citations

Serum Bioactive Follicle-Stimulating Hormone during the Human Menstrual Cycle and in Hyper- and Hypogonadotropic States: Application of a Sensitive Granulosa Cell Aromatase Bioassay*

1986 • 78 citations

Proliferation of Mouse Primordial Germ Cells in Vitro: A Key Role for cAMP

1993 • 77 citations

Terminal lens cell differentiation

1969 • 77 citations

Cyclic changes in insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-4 messenger ribonucleic acid in the rat ovary.

1992 • 77 citations

Rescue of Atretic Follicles in Vitro and in Vivo1

1989 • 77 citations

Changes in Theca and Granulosa Cell Function in Antral Follicles Developing during Pregnancy in the Rat: Gonadotropin Receptors, Cyclic AMP and Estradiol-17β

1979 • 76 citations

Similar Actions of Glucocorticoids and Calcium on the Regulation of Apoptosis in S49 Cells

1991 • 74 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulates Phospholipid Labeling in Cultured Granulosa Cells*

1982 • 74 citations

Effect of Hypophysectomy on Atresia of Rat Preovulatory Follicles1

1981 • 73 citations

FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE INHIBITS THE CONSTITUTIVE RELEASE OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS BY CULTURED RAT OVARIAN GRANULOSA CELLS

1990 • 72 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-Alpha in the Adult Bovine Ovary: Identification in Growing Ovarian Follicles1

1989 • 71 citations

Follicles explanted from pentobarbitone-treated rats provide a model for atresia

1980 • 70 citations

Elevated levels of cAMP alters the effect of epidermal growth factor in vitro on programmed cell death in the secondary palatal epithelium

1977 • 70 citations

Effect of Stilbœstrol on the Ovaries of Hypophysectomized Rats

1940 • 69 citations

Granulosa Cell Proliferation in Very Small Follicles of Cycling Rats Studied by Long-Term Continuous Tritiated-Thymidine Infusion1

1989 • 68 citations

Follicle-stimulating hormone induces functional receptors for basic fibroblast growth factor in rat granulosa cells.

1992 • 67 citations

Steroidogenesis in Experimentally Induced Atretic Follicles of the Hamster: A Shift from Estradiol to Progesterone Synthesis*

1981 • 66 citations

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

1982 • 64 citations

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

1994 • 62 citations

The growth, maturation and atresia of ovarian eggs in the rabbit

1937 • 62 citations

Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) block FSH-induced proteolysis of IGF-binding protein-5 (BP-5) in cultured rat granulosa cells.

1993 • 62 citations

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

1992 • 59 citations

Inhibin Concentrations in Ovarian and Jugular Venous Plasma and the Relationship of Inhibin with Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone during the Ovine Estrous Cycle*

1990 • 59 citations

Rat ovarian epidermal growth factor receptors: Characterization and hormonal regulation

1983 • 58 citations

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) in human preovulatory follicles

1989 • 58 citations

Interleukin-6 Production by Rat Granulosa Cells in Vitro: Effects of Cytokines, Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, and Cyclic 3′,5′-Adenosine Monophosphate

1993 • 54 citations

The ontogeny of nexuses (gap junctions) in the ovary of the fetal mouse

1986 • 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

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

1991 • 52 citations

Follicle Stimulating Hormone-Induced Follicular Development: An Examination of the Role of Androgens1

1979 • 51 citations

Ovarian 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and sulfated glycoprotein-2 gene expression are differentially regulated by the induction of ovulation, pseudopregnancy, and luteolysis in the immature rat.

1992 • 50 citations

Immunocytochemical localization of transient DNA strand breaks in differentiating myotubes using in situ nick-translation

1988 • 49 citations

Premature Ovarian Failure

1991 • 48 citations

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

1994 • 48 citations

Granulosa cell-derived insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding proteins are inhibitory to IGF-I hormonal action. Evidence derived from the use of a truncated IGF-I analogue.

1992 • 45 citations

Expression of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in the rat fallopian tube: possible autocrine and paracrine action of fallopian tube-derived IGF-I on the fallopian tube and on the preimplantation embryo.

1993 • 45 citations

FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEFECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF OVARIAN STEROIDS IN THE STEIN-LEVENTHAL SYNDROME

1962 • 43 citations

Neo‐ovogenesis in the adult monkey. Consequences of atresia of ovocytes

1956 • 43 citations

THE NUMBERS OF NORMAL AND ATRETIC OVA IN THE MATURE RAT

1950 • 41 citations

Consequences of increasing or decreasing plasma FSH concentrations during the preovulatory period in Romney ewes

1988 • 40 citations

γ-interferon inhibits rat granulosa cell differentiation in culture

1988 • 40 citations

Mediation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Action on Follicular Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis by Epidermal Growth Factor*

1991 • 40 citations

Hypergonadotropic amenorrhea and premature ovarian failure: a review.

1982 • 40 citations

Passively immunizing ewes against inhibin during the luteal phase of the oestrous cycle raises the plasma concentration of FSH

1989 • 36 citations

Acute Gonadotropin Deprivation. I. A Model for the Study of Follicular Atresia1

1981 • 36 citations

Changes in Follicular Steroidogenic Enzymes following the Preovulatory Surge of Gonadotropins and Experimentally-Induced Atresia1

1986 • 33 citations

The Ovarian Cycle in Vertebrates

1977 • 33 citations

Presence of Transforming Growth Factor-Alpha Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) and Absence of Epidermal Growth Factor mRNA in Rat Ovarian Granulosa Cells, and the Effects of these Factors on Steroidogenesis in Vitro1

1993 • 32 citations

Human corpus luteum: immunocytochemical localization of epidermal growth factor

1987 • 31 citations

Effect of Androgens on the Ovarian Morphology of the Hypophysectomized Rat

1983 • 31 citations

Pregnant Mare’s Serum Gonadotropin Stimulates Inhibin Subunit Gene Expression in the Immature Rat Ovary: Dose Response Characteristics and Relationships to Serum Gonadotropins, Inhibin, and Ovarian Steroid Content*

1988 • 31 citations

Chromatin structure of the ovalbumin gene family in the chicken oviduct

1983 • 29 citations

Studies on follicular atresia: role of gonadotropins and gonadal steroids in regulating cathepsin-D activity of preovulatory follicles in the rat

1989 • 27 citations

Oögenesis in the guinea-pig

1964 • 26 citations

Immunoreactive Inhibin Secretion by the Hypophysectomized Female Rat: Demonstration of the Modulating Effect of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Estrogen Through a Direct Ovarian Site of Action*

1989 • 24 citations

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

1978 • 24 citations

Follicular dynamics in heifers after injection of PGF2α during the first wave of follicular development

1990 • 22 citations

Morphological changes in atretic graafian follicles during induced atresia in the hamster

1985 • 19 citations

Modulation of differentiation of rat granulosa cells in vitro by interferon-γ

1992 • 15 citations

Is the First or Second Periovulatory Surge of FSH Responsible for Follicular Recruitment in the Hamster?

1982 • 13 citations

In VivoRegulation of Granulosa Cell Type I Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptors: Evidence for an Inhibitory Role for the Putative Endogenous Ligand(s) of the Ovarian Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor*

1991 • 12 citations

Intracellular calcium and the signaling mechanism of luteinizing hormone—releasing hormone in rat granulosa cells

1992 • 10 citations

Oxygen consumption by rat oocytes and cumulus cells during induced atresia

1983 • 6 citations