Granulosa cell-oocyte interactions

S Cecconi, C Ciccarelli, M Barberi… - European Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
… At the same time, these processes are also dependent on gap junction communication
follicle development, activities released by the oocyte induce the adjacent granulosa cells to …

Cell-to-cell communication in the ovarian follicle: developmental and hormonal regulation of the expression of connexin43

I Granot, N Dekel - Human Reproduction, 1998 - academic.oup.com
… development is related to its LH activity. On the other hand, HCG administered later does
bind to the already available granulosa cells LH receptors and elicits biological responses that …

Interaction between growing oocytes and granulosa cells in vitro

MH Alam, T Miyano - Reproductive medicine and biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… bidirectional communication between oocytes and granulosa cells.… communication between
oocytes and granulosa cells is … activity of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in granulosa cells

The role of granulosa and theca cell interactions in ovarian structure and function

F Kotsuji, T Tominaga - Microscopy research and technique, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
… The progesterone producing activity of granulosa cells in the cocultured … cellular activity. In
order to detect the effects of heterologous cellular communication on granulosa and theca cell

… BMP15 but not GDF9 down-regulates connexin43 expression and decreases gap junction intercellular communication activity in immortalized human granulosa cells

HM Chang, JC Cheng, E Taylor… - Molecular human …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
activity. The suppressive effects of BMP15 on Cx43 expression were further confirmed in
primary human granulosa-lutein cells … GJIC activity between human granulosa cells by down-…

… BMP4 and BMP7 down-regulate connexin43 expression and decrease gap junction intercellular communication activity in immortalized human granulosa cells

HM Chang, JC Cheng… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
… Theca cell–derived BMP4 and BMP7 down-regulate Cx43 expression and decrease GJIC
activity in human granulosa cells. Our findings indicate that this biological effect is most likely …

Intercellular communication between granulosa cells and mouse oocytes: existence and possible nutritional role during oocyte growth

PT Brower, RM Schultz - Developmental Biology, 1982 - Elsevier
… In the present communication, we demonstrate that intercellular communication exists
between granulosa cells and oocytes throughout oocyte growth in vivo and in vitro, that the extent …

[HTML][HTML] Oocyte control of metabolic cooperativity between oocytes and companion granulosa cells: energy metabolism

K Sugiura, FL Pendola, JJ Eppig - Developmental biology, 2005 - Elsevier
… Intercellular communication between oocytes and granulosa cells is essential for normal …
glycolytic and oxidative phosphorylation activity by granulosa cells was therefore evaluated. …

[HTML][HTML] Resveratrol ameliorates polycystic ovary syndrome via transzonal projections within oocyte-granulosa cell communication

M Chen, C He, K Zhu, Z Chen, Z Meng, X Jiang… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… -granulosa cell (GC) bidirectional communication plays an essential role in the pathogenetic
process of PCOS. We further showed that RSV recovered the inward flow of calcium ions …

Specific genes are selectively expressed between cumulus and granulosa cells from individual human pre-ovulatory follicles

ML Grøndahl, CY Andersen, J Bogstad… - Molecular human …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
cellular functions such as cell communication, extracellular matrix, steroid receptor activity
mainly differences in activity in steroidogenesis and metabolic activity in general reflecting the …