Transforming growth factor-alpha and epidermal growth factor receptor gene expression and action during pubertal development of the seminiferous tubule.

Isolation of biologically active ribonucleic acid from sources enriched in ribonuclease

1979 • 22,482 citations

THE ATTRACTIONS OF PROTEINS FOR SMALL MOLECULES AND IONS

1949 • 19,979 citations

Efficientin vitrosynthesis of biologically active RNA and RNA hybridization probes from plasmids containing a bacteriophage SP6 promoter

1984 • 6,459 citations

Epidermal growth factor.

1990 • 1,645 citations

A Heparin-Binding Growth Factor Secreted by Macrophage-Like Cells That Is Related to EGF

1991 • 1,135 citations

Human transforming growth factor-α: Precursor structure and expression in E. coli

1984 • 888 citations

Quantitative study of the cell population of the seminiferous tubules in immature rats

1957 • 750 citations

TGFα overexpression in transgenic mice induces liver neoplasia and abnormal development of the mammary gland and pancreas

1990 • 714 citations

Cell-Cell Interactions in the Testis*

1991 • 660 citations

Proliferation of sertoli cells in fetal and postnatal rats: A quantitative autoradiographic study

1982 • 537 citations

The TGF-α precursor expressed on the cell surface binds to the EGF receptor on adjacent cells, leading to signal transduction

1989 • 482 citations

Transmembrane TGF-α precursors activate EGF/TGF-α receptors

1989 • 432 citations

Sarcoma growth factor from conditioned medium of virally transformed cells is composed of both type alpha and type beta transforming growth factors.

1983 • 381 citations

The Amphiregulin Gene Encodes a Novel Epidermal Growth Factor-Related Protein with Tumor-Inhibitory Activity

1990 • 359 citations

Effects of follicle-stimulating hormone on cultures of sertoli cell preparations

1975 • 345 citations

Kinetic Studies on the Development of the Adult Population of Leydig Cells in Testes of the Pubertal Rat*

1989 • 306 citations

Improvements in the ethidium bromide method for direct fluorometric estimation of DNA and RNA in cell and tissue homogenates

1977 • 278 citations

Different transforming growth factor-α species are derived from a glycosylated and palmitoylated transmembrane precursor

1987 • 264 citations

COMPARATIVE ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND HISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF THE RAT TESTIS DURING FETAL AND POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT

1972 • 233 citations

A Physiological Role of Epidermal Growth Factor in Male Reproductive Function

1986 • 228 citations

Fibronectin Synthesis is a Marker for Peritubular Cell Contaminants in Sertoli Cell-Enriched Cultures

1984 • 212 citations

Protein Secretions of Sertoli Cells

1988 • 207 citations

A truncated, secreted form of the epidermal growth factor receptor is encoded by an alternatively spliced transcript in normal rat tissue.

1990 • 198 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-α Gene Expression and Action in the Seminiferous Tubule: Peritubular Cell-Sertoli Cell Interactions*

1989 • 172 citations

Growth factors as autocrine and paracrine modulators of male gonadal functions

1989 • 160 citations

Structure, expression and function of a schwannoma-derived growth factor

1990 • 153 citations

Characterization of Rat Testicular Peritubular Myoid Cells in Culture: α-Smooth Muscle Isoactin is a Specific Differentiation Marker1

1989 • 143 citations

Purification of a paracrine factor, P-Mod-S, produced by testicular peritubular cells that modulates Sertoli cell function.

1988 • 134 citations

Characterization of the rat transforming growth factor alpha gene and identification of promoter sequences.

1990 • 113 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta (beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3) gene expression and action during pubertal development of the seminiferous tubule: potential role at the onset of spermatogenesis.

1993 • 106 citations

Mechanism of the Inhibitory Action of Epidermal Growth Factor on Testicular Androgen Biosynthesis in Vitro*

1982 • 93 citations

Isolation and Biochemical Studies of Enriched Populations of Spermatogonia and Early Primary Spermatocytes from Rat Testes1

1986 • 89 citations

Rat Sertoli cells secrete a growth factor that blocks epidermal growth factor (EGF) binding to its receptor.

1986 • 88 citations

CELL DIVISION KINETICS AND DNA SYNTHESIS IN THE IMMATURE SERTOLI CELLS OF THE RAT TESTIS

1972 • 83 citations

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Localization in the Rat and Monkey Testes1

1989 • 66 citations

Solution hybridization-nuclease protection assays for sensitive detection of differentially spliced substance P- and neurokinin A-encoding messenger ribonucleic acids

1989 • 62 citations

Cytochemical and Biochemical Characterization of Testicular Peritubular Myoid Cells1

1989 • 60 citations

Epidermal growth factor stimulates lactate production and inhibits aromatization in cultured Sertoli cells from immature rats

1986 • 48 citations

Expression of RNAs for Calmodulin, Actins, and Tubulins in Rat Testis Cells1

1989 • 43 citations

Partial characterization of a unique growth factor secreted by human Sertoli cells

1988 • 40 citations

Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I and Stage-Specific Levels of Epidermal Growth Factor in Stage Synchronized Rat Testes

1990 • 38 citations

Transferrin and Sulfated Glycoprotein-2 Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels in the Testis and Isolated Sertoli Cells of Hypophysectomized Rats*

1988 • 37 citations

Involvement of Epidermal Growth Factor Deficiency in Pathogenesis of Oligozoospermia in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice

1990 • 34 citations

A Growth Factor in Bovine and Human Testes Structurally Related to Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor

1988 • 32 citations

Localization and characterization of epidermal growth factor receptors on human testicular tissue by biochemical and immunohistochemical techniques

1990 • 25 citations