Cellular interactions that control primordial follicle development and folliculogenesis

Stem cell factor is encoded at the SI locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor

1990 • 1,448 citations

The proto-oncogene c-kit encoding a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor maps to the mouse W locus

1988 • 1,390 citations

The dominant-white spotting (W) locus of the mouse encodes the c-kit proto-oncogene

1988 • 1,336 citations

The hematopoietic growth factor KL is encoded by the SI locus and is the ligand of the c-kit receptor, the gene product of the W locus

1990 • 1,208 citations

The kit ligand: A cell surface molecule altered in steel mutant fibroblasts

1990 • 777 citations

Emerging Multipotent Aspects of Hepatocyte Growth Factor

1996 • 662 citations

Mast cell growth factor maps near the steel locus on mouse chromosome 10 and is deleted in a number of steel alleles

1990 • 632 citations

Role of c-kit in mouse spermatogenesis: identification of spermatogonia as a specific site of c-kit expression and function

1991 • 602 citations

Gene‐induced embryological modifications of primordial germ cells in the mouse

1957 • 556 citations

Steel locus defines new multipotent growth factor

1990 • 509 citations

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

1991 • 482 citations

In utero manipulation of coat color formation by a monoclonal anti-c-kit antibody: two distinct waves of c-kit-dependency during melanocyte development.

1991 • 479 citations

Gonadal expression of c-kit encoded at the W locus of the mouse

1990 • 479 citations

Effect of Steel factor and leukaemia inhibitory factor on murine primordial germ cells in culture

1991 • 459 citations

Kit-Ligand/Stem Cell Factor Induces Primordial Follicle Development and Initiates Folliculogenesis1

1999 • 410 citations

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

1991 • 405 citations

Protein Hormone Action: A Key to Understanding Ovarian Follicular and Luteal Cell Development

1976 • 337 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

Estrogen and Follicle Stimulating Hormone Interactions on Follicle Growth in Rats

1972 • 333 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor

1995 • 321 citations

The Expression Pattern of the c-kit Ligand in Gonads of Mice Supports a Role for the c-kit Receptor in Oocyte Growth and in Proliferation of Spermatogonia

1993 • 303 citations

Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Marks the Initiation of Follicular Growth in the Rat1

1995 • 254 citations

The Ligand of the c-kit Receptor Promotes Oocyte Growth

1994 • 243 citations

Stepwise Requirement ofc-kit Tyrosine Kinase in Mouse Ovarian Follicle Development

1997 • 243 citations

The Murine Steel Panda Mutation Affects Kit Ligand Expression and Growth of Early Ovarian Follicles

1993 • 222 citations

Hormonal regulation of ovarian cellular proliferation

1978 • 213 citations

Bovine Granulosa Cells Produce Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor*

1987 • 175 citations

A study of the primordial germ cells during their migratory phase in steel mutant mice

1975 • 160 citations

Developmental analysis of a mutation with pleiotropic effects in the mouse

1956 • 152 citations

DNA rearrangements located over 100 kb 5' of the Steel (Sl)-coding region in Steel-panda and Steel-contrasted mice deregulate Sl expression and cause female sterility by disrupting ovarian follicle development.

1995 • 148 citations

Direct Actions of Kit-Ligand on Theca Cell Growth and Differentiation During Follicle Development*

1997 • 133 citations

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

1993 • 131 citations

Infertility due to growth arrest of ovarian follicles in mice

1988 • 129 citations

Developmental and Hormonal Regulation of Keratinocyte Growth Factor Expression and Action in the Ovarian Follicle*

1998 • 121 citations

Thecal Cell-Granulosa Cell Interactions Involve a Positive Feedback Loop among Keratinocyte Growth Factor, Hepatocyte Growth Factor, and Kit Ligand during Ovarian Follicular Development¹

1998 • 121 citations

Mesenchymal-epithelial interactions in the ovarian follicle involve keratinocyte and hepatocyte growth factor production by thecal cells and their action on granulosa cells.

1994 • 119 citations

Hormonal regulation of the ligand for c-kit in the rat ovary and its effects on spontaneous oocyte meiotic maturation

1996 • 116 citations

Effects of basic fibroblast growth factor and heparin on follicle-stimulating hormone-induced steroidogenesis by bovine granulosa cells1

1994 • 98 citations

Anchorage-Independent Culture of Bovine Granulosa Cells: The Effects of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Dibutyryl cAMP on Cell Division and Differentiation

1994 • 98 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of basic fibroblast growth factor in bovine ovarian follicles

1995 • 98 citations

Pregnancy: The expression of c-kit protein in human adult and fetal tissues

1993 • 95 citations

Keratinocyte growth factor as a cytokine that mediates mesenchymal-epithelial interaction

1995 • 89 citations

Properties and Functions of Scatter Factor/Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Its Receptor c-Met

1993 • 80 citations

Effects of Monoclonal Anti-c-Kit Antibody (ACK2) on Melanocytes in Newborn Mice

1995 • 73 citations

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

1992 • 67 citations

Developmental and Hormonal Regulation of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Expression and Action in the Bovine Ovarian Follicle1

1998 • 59 citations

Ontogeny and Cellular Localization of 125I-Labeled Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and 125I-Labeled Epidermal Growth Factor Binding Sites in Ovaries from Bovine Fetuses and Neonatal Calves1

1992 • 59 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) during folliculogenesis in the human ovary

1997 • 56 citations

Mitogenic Effects of Fibroblast Growth Factors on Chicken Granulosa and Theca Cells In Vitro1

1999 • 46 citations

Ovarian Germinal Epithelial Cells Respond to Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Express Its Gene: Implications for Early Folliculogenesis

1989 • 45 citations

Production of extracellular matrix, fibronectin and steroidogenic enzymes, and growth of bovine granulosa cells in anchorage-independent culture

1996 • 43 citations

The participation of growth factors in simulating the quiescent, proliferate, and differentiate stages of rat granulosa cells grown in a serum-free medium

1993 • 31 citations

Immunohistochemical Localization of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) within Growing and Atretic Mouse Ovarian Follicles

1993 • 20 citations

Gonadotrophins and Ovarian-Follicular Growth

1978 • 16 citations