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Activation of PKA, p38 MAPK and ERK1/2 by gonadotropins in cumulus cells is critical for induction of EGF-like factor and TACE/ADAM17 gene expression during in vitro maturation of porcine COCs.

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Yamashita Y, Kawashima I, Yanai Y, Nishibori M, Richards JS, Shimada M.

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Progesterone is essential for maintenance of Tace/Adam17 mRNA expression, but not EGF-like factor, in cumulus cells, which enhances the EGF receptor signaling pathway during in vitro maturation of porcine COCs.

Yamashita Y, Kawashima I, Gunji Y, Hishinuma M, Shimada M.

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Paracrine and autocrine regulation of epidermal growth factor-like factors in cumulus oocyte complexes and granulosa cells: key roles for prostaglandin synthase 2 and progesterone receptor.

Shimada M, Hernandez-Gonzalez I, Gonzalez-Robayna I, Richards JS.

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Sequential exposure of porcine cumulus cells to FSH and/or LH is critical for appropriate expression of steroidogenic and ovulation-related genes that impact oocyte maturation in vivo and in vitro.

Kawashima I, Okazaki T, Noma N, Nishibori M, Yamashita Y, Shimada M.

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Expression of hyaluronan synthases and CD44 messenger RNAs in porcine cumulus-oocyte complexes during in vitro maturation.

Kimura N, Konno Y, Miyoshi K, Matsumoto H, Sato E.

Biol Reprod. 2002 Mar;66(3):707-17.PMID: 11870078 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free ArticleRelated citations

Targeted suppression of Has2 mRNA in mouse cumulus cell-oocyte complexes by adenovirus-mediated short-hairpin RNA expression.

Sugiura K, Su YQ, Eppig JJ.

Mol Reprod Dev. 2009 Jun;76(6):537-47.PMID: 18951380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free PMC ArticleFree textRelated citations

Epidermal growth factor receptor activation by protein kinase C is necessary for FSH-induced meiotic resumption in porcine cumulus-oocyte complexes.

Chen X, Zhou B, Yan J, Xu B, Tai P, Li J, Peng S, Zhang M, Xia G.

J Endocrinol. 2008 May;197(2):409-19.PMID: 18434371 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free ArticleRelated citations

Mouse oocytes enable LH-induced maturation of the cumulus-oocyte complex via promoting EGF receptor-dependent signaling.

Su YQ, Sugiura K, Li Q, Wigglesworth K, Matzuk MM, Eppig JJ.

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The preantral granulosa cell to cumulus cell transition in the mouse ovary: development of competence to undergo expansion.

Diaz FJ, O'Brien MJ, Wigglesworth K, Eppig JJ.

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PI3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase in cumulus cells mediate EGF-induced meiotic resumption of porcine oocyte.

Li M, Liang CG, Xiong B, Xu BZ, Lin SL, Hou Y, Chen DY, Schatten H, Sun QY.

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Down-regulated expression of A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin-like repeats-1 by progesterone receptor antagonist is associated with impaired expansion of porcine cumulus-oocyte complexes.

Shimada M, Nishibori M, Yamashita Y, Ito J, Mori T, Richards JS.

Endocrinology. 2004 Oct;145(10):4603-14. Epub 2004 Jul 1.PMID: 15231699 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free ArticleRelated citations

Effect of growth hormone (GH) on in vitro nuclear and cytoplasmic oocyte maturation, cumulus expansion, hyaluronan synthases, and connexins 32 and 43 expression, and GH receptor messenger RNA expression in equine and porcine species.

Marchal R, Caillaud M, Martoriati A, Gérard N, Mermillod P, Goudet G.

Biol Reprod. 2003 Sep;69(3):1013-22. Epub 2003 May 28.PMID: 12773434 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free ArticleRelated citations

The nuclear receptor cofactor receptor-interacting protein 140 is a positive regulator of amphiregulin expression and cumulus cell-oocyte complex expansion in the mouse ovary.

Nautiyal J, Steel JH, Rosell MM, Nikolopoulou E, Lee K, Demayo FJ, White R, Richards JS, Parker MG.

Endocrinology. 2010 Jun;151(6):2923-32. Epub 2010 Mar 22.PMID: 20308529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free PMC ArticleFree textRelated citations

Urokinase-induced smooth muscle cell responses require distinct signaling pathways: a role for the epidermal growth factor receptor.

Nicholl SM, Roztocil E, Davies MG.

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Targeted Disruption of Mapk14 (p38MAPK{alpha}) in Granulosa Cells and Cumulus Cells Causes Cell-Specific Changes in Gene Expression Profiles that Rescue Cumulus Cell-Oocyte Complex Expansion and Maintain Fertility.

Liu Z, Fan HY, Wang Y, Richards JS.

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Gene expression profiles of cumulus cell oocyte complexes during ovulation reveal cumulus cells express neuronal and immune-related genes: does this expand their role in the ovulation process?

Hernandez-Gonzalez I, Gonzalez-Robayna I, Shimada M, Wayne CM, Ochsner SA, White L, Richards JS.

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Development of functional LH Receptors on pig cumulus-oocyte complexes cultured in vitro by a novel two-step culture system.

Procházka R, Nemcová L, Nagyová E, Scsuková S, Mlynarcíková A.

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Morphological and biochemical dynamics of porcine cumulus-oocyte complexes: role of cumulus expansion in oocyte maturation.

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Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation patterns in pig oocytes and cumulus cells during gonadotrophin-induced resumption of meiosis in vitro.

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