Growth and differentiation factor-9 stimulates activation of goat primordial follicles in vitro and their progression to secondary follicles

FS Martins, JJH Celestino, MVA Saraiva… - Reproduction, fertility …, 2008 - CSIRO Publishing
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of growth and differentiation factor-
9 (GDF-9) on the survival and activation of preantral follicles, as well as their subsequent …

Dynamic medium containing growth differentiation factor-9 and FSH maintains survival and promotes in vitro growth of caprine preantral follicles after long-term in vitro …

A Alves, RN Chaves, RMP Rocha… - Reproduction …, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of growth differentiation factor 9
(GDF-9) and FSH on the in vitro development of caprine preantral follicles cultured for 16 …

[HTML][HTML] Fibroblast growth factor-10 maintains the survival and promotes the growth of cultured goat preantral follicles

RN Chaves, IB Lima-Verde, JJH Celestino… - Domestic animal …, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of fibroblast growth factor-10 (FGF-
10) on the survival, activation (transition from primordial to primary follicles), and growth of …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of growth and differentiation factor 9 (GDF-9) and its effect on the in vitro culture of caprine preantral ovarian follicles

AP Almeida, MVA Saraiva, VR Araújo… - Small Ruminant …, 2011 - Elsevier
This study examined the expression of growth and differentiation factor 9 (GDF-9) in caprine
ovarian follicles, and the effect of GDF-9 with or without FSH on the in vitro culture of …

Follicle stimulating hormone and fibroblast growth factor-2 interact and promote goat primordial follicle development in vitro

MHT Matos, IB Lima-Verde, JB Bruno… - Reproduction …, 2007 - CSIRO Publishing
The aims of the present study were to investigate the effects of the interaction between
follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) on survival …

Effect of growth differentiation factor‐9 (GDF‐9) on the progression of buffalo follicles in vitrified–warmed ovarian tissues

MA Abdel‐Ghani, TM El‐Sherry… - … in Domestic Animals, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Contents To improve the reproductive performance of water buffalo to level can satisfy our
needs, the mechanisms controlling ovarian follicular growth and development should be …

GDF-9 and bFGF enhance the effect of FSH on the survival, activation, and growth of cattle primordial follicles

KQ Tang, WC Yang, X Li, CJ Wu, L Sang… - Animal reproduction …, 2012 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the effects of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) in combination
with growth and differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9) or basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction between growth differentiation factor 9, insulin-like growth factor I and growth hormone on the in vitro development and survival of goat preantral …

FS Martins, JJH Celestino, MVA Saraiva… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of GDF-9, IGF-I, and GH alone or
combined on preantral follicle survival, activation and development after 1 and 7 days of in …

Effects of fibroblast growth factor-2 on the in vitro culture of caprine preantral follicles

MHT Matos, R Van den Hurk, IB Lima-Verde… - Cells Tissues …, 2007 - karger.com
The aims of the present study were to evaluate the effects of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-
2) on survival, activation and growth of caprine early-staged (preantral) follicles using …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular cloning of porcine growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF-9) cDNA and its role in early folliculogenesis: direct ovarian injection of GDF-9 gene …

T Shimizu, Y Miyahayashi, M Yokoo, Y Hoshino… - …, 2004 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9) is a growth factor secreted by oocytes in growing
ovarian follicles. To investigate the ovarian function of GDF-9 in pigs, we first cloned porcine …