Granulosa secreted factors improve the developmental competence of cumulus oocyte complexes from small antral follicles in sheep

Impacts of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) on the expression of natriuretic peptide precursor type C (NPPC) and regulation of meiotic resumption

(2019) Chang Liu et al.   GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Effect of pre-maturation with C-type natriuretic peptide and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine on cumulus-oocyte communication and oocyte developmental competence in cattle

(2019) Sandra Soto-Heras et al.   ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE

Biphasic in vitro maturation with C-type natriuretic peptide enhances the developmental competence of juvenile-goat oocytes

(2019) Sandra Soto-Heras et al.   PLoS One

Effects of pre-incubation with C-type natriuretic peptide on nuclear maturation, mitochondrial behavior, and developmental competence of sheep oocytes

(2018) Tong Zhang et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Luteinizing hormone signaling phosphorylates and activates the cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase PDE5 in mouse ovarian follicles, contributing an additional component to the hormonally induced decrease in cyclic GMP that reinitiates meiosis

(2018) Jeremy R. Egbert et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Role of granulosa cell mitogen-activated protein kinase 3/1 in gonadotropin-mediated meiotic resumption from diplotene arrest of mammalian oocytes

(2018) Kankshi Sahu et al.   GROWTH FACTORS

Prostaglandins in teleost ovulation: A review of the roles with a view to comparison with prostaglandins in mammalian ovulation

(2018) Takayuki Takahashi et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Natriuretic peptide system regulation in granulosa cells during follicle deviation and ovulation in cattle

(2018) MP De Cesaro et al.   REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS

Luteinizing hormone upregulates NPPC and downregulates NPR3 mRNA abundance in bovine granulosa cells through activation of the EGF receptor

(2018) Joabel T. dos Santos et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Natriuretic peptide receptor 2 (NPR2) localized in bovine oocyte underlies a unique mechanism for C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP)-induced meiotic arrest

(2018) Guangyin Xi et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Functional characterization of NANOG in goat pre-implantation embryonic development

(2018) Razieh Habibi et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

An improved IVM method for cumulus-oocyte complexes from small follicles in polycystic ovary syndrome patients enhances oocyte competence and embryo yield

(2017) F. Sánchez et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Prostaglandin E2 stimulates the expression of cumulus expansion-related genes in pigs: the role of protein kinase B

(2017) Milan Blaha et al.   PROSTAGLANDINS & OTHER LIPID MEDIATORS

Transcriptomic signature of the follicular somatic compartment surrounding an oocyte with high developmental competence

(2017) Satoshi Sugimura et al.   Scientific Reports

Global DNA methylation and related mRNA profiles in sheep oocytes and early embryos derived from pre-pubertal and adult donors

(2016) Yi Fang et al.   ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE

Immature Oocytes from Unprimed Juvenile Mice Become a Valuable Source for Embryo Production When Using C-Type Natriuretic Peptide as Essential Component of Culture Medium

(2016) S. Romero et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Effects of cilostamide and/or forskolin on the meiotic resumption and development competence of growing ovine oocytes selected by brilliant cresyl blue staining

(2016) Nima Azari-Dolatabad et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Oocytes from small and large follicles exhibit similar development competence following goat cloning despite their differences in meiotic and cytoplasmic maturation

(2016) Min Yang et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Meiotic arrest as an alternative to increase the production of bovine embryos by somatic cell nuclear transfer

(2016) F.M.C. Caixeta et al.   ZYGOTE

An essential role for the intra-oocyte MAPK activity in the NSN-to-SN transition of germinal vesicle chromatin configuration in porcine oocytes

(2016) Ming-Ju Sun et al.   Scientific Reports

Promotion of EGF receptor signaling improves the quality of low developmental competence oocytes

(2015) Satoshi Sugimura et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Expression profile of FGF receptors in preimplantation ovine embryos and the effect of FGF2 and PD173074

(2015) Mehdi Moradi et al.   GROWTH FACTORS

Oocyte maturation: gamete-somatic cells interactions, meiotic resumption, cytoskeletal dynamics and cytoplasmic reorganization

(2015) Giovanni Coticchio et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Cumulin, an Oocyte-secreted Heterodimer of the Transforming Growth Factor-β Family, Is a Potent Activator of Granulosa Cells and Improves Oocyte Quality

(2015) David G. Mottershead et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Differences in the Kinetic of the First Meiotic Division and in Active Mitochondrial Distribution between Prepubertal and Adult Oocytes Mirror Differences in their Developmental Competence in a Sheep Model

(2015) Giovanni Giuseppe Leoni et al.   PLoS One

Natriuretic Peptide Precursor C Delays Meiotic Resumption and Sustains Gap Junction-Mediated Communication in Bovine Cumulus-Enclosed Oocytes1

(2014) Federica Franciosi et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Amphiregulin co-operates with bone morphogenetic protein 15 to increase bovine oocyte developmental competence: effects on gap junction-mediated metabolite supply

(2014) Satoshi Sugimura et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

In vitro maturation is slowed in prepubertal lamb oocytes: ultrastructural evidences

(2014) Maria G Palmerini et al.   Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

In vitro development of ovine oocytes cultured in the presence of GDF9 at chemically defined or undefined maturation medium

(2014) Sh. Rouhollahi Varnosfaderani et al.   SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH

Role of PTGS2-generated PGE2 during gonadotrophin-induced bovine oocyte maturation and cumulus cell expansion

(2013) Waleed F. Marei et al.   REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE

Importance of the GDF9 signaling pathway on cumulus cell expansion and oocyte competency in sheep

(2013) Sh. Rouhollahi Varnosfaderani et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

The new system of shorter porcine oocyte in vitro maturation (18 hours) using ≥8 mm follicles derived from cumulus-oocyte complexes

(2013) Seong-Sung Kwak et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Differences in transcriptomic profiles of human cumulus cells isolated from oocytes at GV, MI and MII stages after in vivo and in vitro oocyte maturation

(2012) Zamalou Gisèle Ouandaogo et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Angiotensin II, progesterone, and prostaglandins are sequential steps in the pathway to bovine oocyte nuclear maturation

(2012) Lucas Carvalho Siqueira et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

PTGS2-Related PGE2 Affects Oocyte MAPK Phosphorylation and Meiosis Progression in Cattle: Late Effects on Early Embryonic Development

(2011) Fabienne Nuttinck et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

What does it take to make a developmentally competent mammalian egg?

(2011) M. Zuccotti et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Recent insights into oocyte - follicle cell interactions provide opportunities for the development of new approaches to in vitro maturation

(2011) Robert B. Gilchrist   REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Sequential exposure of porcine cumulus cells to FSH and/or LH is critical for appropriate expression of steroidogenic and ovulation-related genes that impact oocyte maturation in vivo and in vitro

(2008) Ikkou Kawashima et al.   REPRODUCTION