Brain Natriuretic Peptide and C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Maintain Porcine Oocyte Meiotic Arrest

Luteinizing hormone reduces the activity of the NPR2 guanylyl cyclase in mouse ovarian follicles, contributing to the cyclic GMP decrease that promotes resumption of meiosis in oocytes

(2012) Jerid W. Robinson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Stimulates Ovarian Follicle Development

(2012) Yorino Sato et al.   MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

CNP/NPR2 signaling maintains oocyte meiotic arrest in early antral follicles and is suppressed by EGFR-mediated signaling in preovulatory follicles

(2012) Takehito Tsuji et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Reproductive cycles in pigs

(2011) N.M. Soede et al.   ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE

Hormonal control of mammalian oocyte meiosis at diplotene stage

(2011) Meijia Zhang et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Estradiol Promotes and Maintains Cumulus Cell Expression of Natriuretic Peptide Receptor 2 (NPR2) and Meiotic Arrest in Mouse OocytesIn Vitro

(2011) Meijia Zhang et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Pre-ovulatory LH/hCG surge decreases C-type natriuretic peptide secretion by ovarian granulosa cells to promote meiotic resumption of pre-ovulatory oocytes

(2011) K. Kawamura et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Novel signaling mechanisms in the ovary during oocyte maturation and ovulation

(2011) Marco Conti et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase activity is required for gap junction closure and for part of the decrease in ovarian follicle cGMP in response to LH

(2010) Rachael P Norris et al.   REPRODUCTION

Granulosa Cell Ligand NPPC and Its Receptor NPR2 Maintain Meiotic Arrest in Mouse Oocytes

(2010) M. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Cyclic GMP Signaling Is Involved in the Luteinizing Hormone-Dependent Meiotic Maturation of Mouse Oocytes1

(2009) Sergio Vaccari et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Cyclic GMP from the surrounding somatic cells regulates cyclic AMP and meiosis in the mouse oocyte

(2009) R. P. Norris et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Generation of mouse oocytes defective in cAMP synthesis and degradation: Endogenous cyclic AMP is essential for meiotic arrest

(2008) Sergio Vaccari et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Natriuretic peptide C receptor signalling in the heart and vasculature

(2007) Robert A. Rose et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON