The human oocyte and cumulus cells relationship: New insights from the cumulus cell transcriptome

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 715-725

  Huang, Zhongwei ^a   Wells, Dagan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; Human; Oocyte; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; CUMULUS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; OOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77956806673     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq031     Document Type: Review

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