Characterization of the human cumulus cell transcriptome during final follicular maturation and ovulation

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 719-735

  Yerushalmi, G M ^a   Salmon Divon, M ^b   Yung, Y ^a   Maman, E ^a   Kedem, A ^a   Ophir, L ^a   Elemento, O ^c   Coticchio, G ^d   DalCanto, M ^d   Renzinu, M Mignini ^d   Fadini, R ^d   Hourvitz, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Biogenesi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; Follicle development; Human; RNAseq; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUMULUS CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRON; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84904753131     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau031     Document Type: Article

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