Role for cumulus cell-produced EGF-like ligands during primate oocyte maturation in vitro

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  De Prada, Jenna K Nyholt ^a   Lee, Young S ^b   Latham, Keith E ^b   Chaffin, Charles L ^c   VandeVoort, Catherine A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Follicle; Gene expression; Ovary; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MACACA MULATTA; OOCYTES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYRPHOSTINS;

EID: 66149125537     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.90930.2008     Document Type: Article

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