Modulation of cell-to-cell communication in the cumulus-oocyte complex and the regulation of oocyte maturation by LH

• Published in: Developmental biology Vol. 86; no. 2; pp. 356 - 362
• Main Authors: Dekel, Nava, Lawrence, Theodore S., Gilula, Norton B., Beers, William H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.1981
• Subjects: Animals; Cell Communication - drug effects; Chorionic Gonadotropin - pharmacology; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone - pharmacology; Kinetics; Luteinizing Hormone - pharmacology; Meiosis - drug effects; Oocytes - drug effects; Oocytes - physiology; Ovarian Follicle - drug effects; Ovarian Follicle - physiology; Ovum - physiology; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains

Prior to ovulation, cell-to-cell communication between the oocyte and the cells of the cumulus oophorus is terminated ( N. B. Gilula, M. L. Epstein, and W. H. Beers, 1978, J. Cell Biol. 78, 58–75; R. M. Moor, M. W. Smith, and R. M. C. Dawson, 1980, Exp. Cell Res. 126, 15–29). In this paper we report...