Transcriptomic diversification of developing cumulus and mural granulosa cells in mouse ovarian follicles

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wigglesworth, Karen ^a   Lee, Kyung Bon ^b   Emori, Chihiro ^c   Sugiura, Koji ^c   Eppig, John J ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; Mouse; Mural granulosa cells; Oocyte; Oocytederived paracrine factors; Ovarian follicle; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; AMPHIREGULIN; AROMATASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ENO1 PROTEIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A5; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE; GONADOTROPIN; GREM1 PROTEIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; LDHA PROTEIN; LHCGR PROTEIN; MVK PROTEIN; NOG PROTEIN; NPPC PROTEIN; NPR2 PROTEIN; RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN 140; SLC38A3 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; STAR PROTEIN; TOB1 PROTEIN; TPI1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTOME; TWSG1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; COCULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; FEMALE; GENE ONTOLOGY; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OOCYTE;

MUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRANULOSA CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84930369830     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.121756     Document Type: Article

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