… complexes around the nucleus, which was located slightly off centre. Up to the secondary
follicular stage the oocyte … microvilli, elongated mitochondria and Golgi complexes. During the …

… for 8 days (Step 1) supported early follicle growth and 87 secondary follicles of diameter 120
± 6 μm (… From 54 follicles 48 oocyte–cumulus cell complexes were retrieved and placed on …

… oocyte orchestrates the rate of follicle development, mid-sized oocytes isolated from secondary
follicles … Oocyte–cumulus complexes isolated from 12/0 follicle 9 days after grafting and …

… The secondary follicle stage appears to be a key phase in follicular oocyte development …
) on conception rate are complex with regard to the susceptibility of the oocyte to the insult of …

… Oocytes from small, medium, and large antral follicles had higher levels of CCNB1 than
oocytes from secondary follicles. Oocytes from cultured secondary follicles had higher levels of …

… of primordial follicle and development to primary and secondary follicle stages, as … follicles
to release a cumulus-oocyte complex (COC) at ovulation [1, 2]. During follicle growth, oocytes …

… secondary follicle and is maintained up to an oocyte diameter of about 110 urn in the 3 mm
tertiary follicle… -coronaoocyte complexes were collected from the dominant follicle before the …

… thus becoming a secondary or vesicular follicle, and that … between the oocyte and the follicle
cells is complex. Although a … of the oocyte to a desmosome at the oocyte-follicle cell junction, …

… We summarize the current knowledge about (1) morphological changes of cumulus–oocyte
complexes during oocyte maturation,(2) follicle factors inducing cumulus expansion,(3) the …

… of cumulus-oocyte complexes (COC), COC were collected from nonatretic (NA), light atretic
(LA), atretic (A), and heavily atretic (HA) follicles. Cumulus-oocyte complexes were also …