Molecular filtration properties of the mouse expanded cumulus matrix controlled supply of metabolites and extracellular signals to cumulus cells and the oocyte

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Dunning, Kylie R ^a   Watson, Laura N ^a   Sharkey, David J ^a   Brown, Hannah M ^a   Norman, Robert J ^a   Thompson, Jeremy G ^a   Robker, Rebecca L ^a   Russell, Darryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cumulus cell mucification; Cumulus cells; Cumulus expansion; Glucose; Oocyte maturation; Prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUCOSE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; EXPANDED CUMULUS MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO SELECTION; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR FILTRATION; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CUMULUS CELLS; DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OOCYTES;

EID: 84869484108     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.096271     Document Type: Article

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