The meiotic cell cycle in mouse oocytes is arrested in prophase, and then restarted when LH
acts on the surrounding granulosa cells. The granulosa cells keep meiosis arrested by …

Mouse oocytes at different stages of maturation were fused together and the ensuing cell
cycle events were analyzed with the objective of identifying checkpoints in meiosis. Fusion …

Mouse oocytes are reversibly inhibited from resuming meiotic maturation in vitro by cAMP
phosphodiesterase inhibitors such as 3-isobutyl-1-methyl xanthine (IBMX) and cAMP …

The original model for regulation of oocyte maturation proposed by us in 1978 postulated
that gap junction-mediated transmission of cAMP from the follicle cells to the oocyte inhibits …

The meiosis resumption process has been related to spontaneous cytoplasmic InsP3-
dependent calcium oscillations in fully grown mouse oocytes. Our purpose was to determine …

This study investigated further our previous finding that testosterone synergizes with
dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP) to arrest the meiosis of a very high proportion of cumulus …

Prior to birth, oocytes within mammalian ovarian follicles initiate meiosis, but then arrest in
prophase until puberty, when with each reproductive cycle, one or more follicles are …

In this study, the possible role of protein kinase C (PKC) in mediating both positive and
negative actions on meiotic maturation in isolated mouse oocytes has been examined …

In mammalian oocytes, cyclic AMP‐dependent protein kinase (PKA) is responsible for
maintaining meiotic arrest. We examined the role of the predominant regulatory subunit, RIα …

In this study, we examined the effect of heat pulsing on oocyte maturation and assessed the
possible role of stress-activated enzymes during heat stress-induced meiotic maturation …