Mammalian oocyte growth in vitro is stimulated by soluble factor(s) produced by preantral granulosa cells and by Sertoli cells

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 540-546

  Cecconi, Sandra ^a,c   Rossi, Gianna ^a   De Felici, Massimo ^b   Colonna, Rosella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Università di L'Aquila   (Italy)

Author keywords

c kit Ligand (KL); Granulosa Cells; NIH 3T3 Cells; Oocyte Growth; Sertoli Cells

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR KL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MALE; MICE; OOCYTES; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 0029757313     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199608)44:4<540::AID-MRD14>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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