The efficacy of follicle‐stimulating hormone (FSH), epidermal growth factor (EGF), and
dibutyryl cGMP (dbcGMP) as inducers of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) in cumulus …

The hypothesis that cumulus cells inhibit oocyte maturation by a cAMP-dependent process
was tested (RM Schultz, R. Montgomery, PF Ward-Bailey, and JJ Eppig (1983). Dev. Biol …

Experiments were carried out to determine the specificity of growth factor action on
maturation of the oocyte-cumulus cell complex in vitro. Cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes …

To test the hypothesis that culture conditions influence meiotic regulation in mouse oocytes,
we have examined the effects of six culture media, four organic buffers, and pH on …

Although it has been shown that granulosa cells regulate the growth and meiotic maturation
of mammalian oocytes, there is little evidence of a role for the oocyte in the differentiation or …

We have reported that in vitro treatment with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) delays by
about 3 h spontaneous meiotic resumption in cumulus cell-enclosed mouse oocytes. In the …

Development of mammalian oocytes is usually correlated with ovarian follicular
development. This correlation was tested by determining whether gonadotrophic stimulation …

The timing of the reduction of cumulus cell-oocyte coupling was correlated with oocyte
meiotic maturation and the expansion (mucification) of the cumulus oophorus using …

The expansion, or mucification, of the mouse cumulus oophorus in vitro requires the
presence of an enabling factor secreted by the oocyte as well as stimulation with follicle …

Abstract Gonadotropin Stimulation of the Expansion of Cumulus Oophori Isolated from Mice:
General Conditions for Expansion In Vitro The hormonal stimulation of cumulus expansion …