Rat Ovary Produces Cytokines during Ovulation1

Rapid colorimetric assay for cellular growth and survival: Application to proliferation and cytotoxicity assays

1983 • 52,849 citations

The biology of interleukin-6

1989 • 1,964 citations

Interleukin-6: An Overview

1990 • 1,910 citations

Purification and NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of a T-cell-derived lymphokine with growth factor activity for B-cell hybridomas.

1986 • 701 citations

Molecular physiology of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

1991 • 598 citations

Demonstration of permanent factor-dependent multipotential (erythroid/neutrophil/basophil) hematopoietic progenitor cell lines.

1983 • 559 citations

Ovarian plasminogen activator: Relationship to ovulation and hormonal regulation

1975 • 440 citations

Biochemical and biological characterization of lymphocyte regulatory molecules. V. Identification of an interleukin 2-producing human leukemia T cell line.

1980 • 436 citations

Tumor necrosis factor type alpha stimulates human endothelial cells to produce granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

1986 • 396 citations

IL-6 increases endothelial permeability in vitro.

1992 • 363 citations

Cultured human vascular endothelial cells acquire adhesiveness for neutrophils after stimulation with interleukin 1, endotoxin, and tumor-promoting phorbol diesters.

1986 • 360 citations

Pattern of interleukin 6 gene expression in vivo suggests a role for this cytokine in angiogenesis.

1990 • 350 citations

Human GM-CSF primes neutrophils for enhanced oxidative metabolism in response to the major physiological chemoattractants

1987 • 333 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

Enhancement of human eosinophil cytotoxicity and leukotriene synthesis by biosynthetic (recombinant) granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

1986 • 297 citations

Additive effects of interleukin 1 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha on the accumulation of the three granulocyte and macrophage colony-stimulating factor mRNAs in human endothelial cells.

1987 • 238 citations

Uterine Epithelial Cells Synthesize Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor and Interleukin-6 in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Mice1

1992 • 227 citations

Localization of Leukocyte Subsets in the Rat Ovary during the Periovulatory Period1

1993 • 213 citations

Structure of the Rat Interleukin 6 Gene and Its Expression in Macrophage-derived Cells

1989 • 199 citations

Chemotactic activity of human recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

1987 • 194 citations

Leukotriene production in human neutrophils primed by recombinant human granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor and stimulated with the complement component C5A and FMLP as second signals.

1988 • 185 citations

Modulation of human basophil histamine release by hemopoietic growth factors.

1988 • 184 citations

Morphological Studies of the Microcirculatory System of Periovulatory Ovine Follicles1

1988 • 183 citations

Tumor Necrosis Factor Production and Accumulation of Inflammatory Cells in the Corpus Luteum of Pseudopregnancy and Pregnancy in Rabbits1

1989 • 165 citations

Granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor induces interleukin 1 production by human polymorphonuclear neutrophils.

1988 • 165 citations

Prostaglandin Endoperoxide Synthase in Rat Ovarian Follicles: Content, Cellular Distribution, and Evidence for Hormonal Induction Preceding Ovulation*

1987 • 164 citations

Induction of colony stimulating factor in vivo by recombinant interleukin 1 alpha and recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha 1.

1987 • 147 citations

Growth Factors and the Ovary

1989 • 142 citations

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

1990 • 141 citations

Synergistic activation of human monocytes by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and IFN-gamma. Increased TNF-alpha but not IL-1 activity.

1988 • 139 citations

Ovulatory effect of interleukin-1 beta on the perfused rat ovary.

1993 • 138 citations

Preovulatory Changes in Ovarian Expression of Collagenases and Tissue Metalloproteinase Inhibitor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid: Role of Eicosanoids*

1991 • 135 citations

ENDOCRINE- AND AUTOCRINE-MEDIATED REGULATION OF RAT OVARIAN (THECA-INTERSTITIAL) INTKRLEUKIN-βGENE EXPRESSION: GONADOTROPIN-DEPENDENT PREOVIILATORY ACQUISITION

1991 • 127 citations

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

1992 • 123 citations

Similar molecular properties of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors produced by different mouse organs in vitro and in vivo.

1979 • 119 citations

Immunological Evidence for a Human Ovarian Tumor Necrosis Factor-α

1990 • 115 citations

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

1990 • 114 citations

Leukocyte Supplementation Increases the Luteinizing Hormone-Induced Ovulation Rate in the in Vitro-Perfused Rat Ovary1

1991 • 103 citations

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

1992 • 102 citations

A simple, sensitive bioassay for the detection of interleukin-1 using human melanoma A375 cell line

1988 • 99 citations

Effects of Cytokines on Prostaglandin Production and Steroidogenesis of Incubated Preovulatory Follicles of the Rat1

1993 • 97 citations

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

1992 • 84 citations

Localization of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) in the Rat and Bovine Ovary Using Immunocytochemistry and Cell Blot: Evidence for Granulosal Production

1989 • 84 citations

Interleukin-lα Increases Thecal Progesterone Production of Preovulatory Follicles in Cyclic Hamsters

1990 • 63 citations

Perfusion of the Rat Ovary In Vitro: Methodology, Induction of Ovulation, and Pattern of Steroidogenesis 1

1984 • 56 citations

Estrous Cycle-Related Changes in Mast Cell Numbers in Several Ovarian Compartments in the Rat

1991 • 55 citations

Characterization of an in vitro perfused rat ovary model: ovulation rate, oocyte maturation, steroidogenesis and influence of PMSG priming

1987 • 48 citations

Expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the rat ovary.

1992 • 46 citations

Production of two hemopoietic growth factors is differentially regulated in single T lymphocytes activated with an anti-T cell receptor antibody.

1988 • 44 citations

Characterization of the Kinin System in the Ovary during Ovulation in the Rat1

1992 • 40 citations

Cytotoxicity assays for tumor necrosis factor and lymphotoxin

1987 • 35 citations

Interleukin-1α modulates luteinizing hormone stimulated cyclic AMP and progesterone release from human granulosa cells in vitro

1991 • 28 citations

Interleukin-6 responsiveness and cell-specific expression of the rat kininogen gene.

1991 • 24 citations

In vitro growth patterns and autocrine production of hemopoietic colony stimulating factors: analysis of leukemic populations arising in irradiated mice from cells of an injected factor-dependent continuous cell line.

1988 • 23 citations

In vivo priming of human normal neutrophils by granulocyte‐macrophage colony stimulating factor: effect on the production of platelet activating factor

1990 • 16 citations

Mechanisms of ovulation

1987 • 16 citations

Effects of Bacterial Endotoxin (Lipopolysaccharide) on FSH-Induced Granulosa Cell Activities

1991 • 2 citations