… Downs SM: Specificity of epidermal growth factor action on maturation of the murine oocyte
and cumulus oophorus in vitro. Bioi Reprod 41:371, 1989 22. Staigmiller RB, Moor RM: Effect …

… of growth factor action on maturation of the oocyte-cumulus cell complex in vitro. Cumulus
cell-enclosed oocytes (… with one of ten different growth-promoting factors. The percentage of …

… epidermal growth factor (EGF) promotes nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation of mouse oocytes
grown … ) Murine oocytes suppress expression of luteinizing hormone receptor messenger …

… growth factor (EGF) pathway and the role it plays in the complex signalling network that finely
regulates oocyte … In vitro, murine, bovine and porcine studies have also demonstrated that …

… New culture methods capable of supporting murine follicle … In addition, unlike their counterparts
in vivo, cumulusoocyte complexes isolated from cultured follicles exhibit a low incidence …

… growth factor (EGF)-like growth factors produced by granulosa cells and require the participation
of oocyte-derived paracrine factors… , and murine cumulus cells or oocytes express no …

… that encloses the oocyte and meiotic maturation of the oocyte. These defects are not caused
by an inability of Fshb −/− oocytes to produce essential oocyte-secreted factors or of Fshb −/…

… -induced expansion, this suggests that one or a number of these growth factors contribute
to the CEEF. Results from the current study suggest that neither GDF9 alone nor BMP6 alone …

… from adult ovary mRNA The predicted human protein is 99% identical to murine … because
no other growth factor-like … In fact, to our knowledge, Vgr-1 is the only other growth factor-like …

… oocyte-secreted factor (OSF) participation in the development of somatic cell epidermal growth
factor (EGF) responsiveness associated with oocyte … oocytes, than that of murine oocytes. …