The involvement of growth hormone in equine oocyte maturation, receptor localization and steroid production by cumulus-oocyte complexes in vitro

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 667-674

  Pereira, G R ^a,e   Lorenzo, P L ^b   Carneiro, G F ^a   Ball, B A ^a   Bilodeau Goeseels, S ^c   Kastelic, J ^c   Pegoraro, L M C ^d   Pimentel, C A ^e   Esteller Vico, A ^b   Illera, J C ^b   Granado, G S ^b   Casey, P ^f   Liu, I K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Growth hormone receptor; Horse; Oocyte maturation; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

EQUIDAE; LENS CULINARIS;

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORSE; OOCYTE MATURATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE; HORSES; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS;

EID: 84881544494     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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