Studies of the role of steroid hormone in the regulation of oocyte maturation in cattle |
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Authors: | Hai Feng Wang Naoki Isobe Kanako Kumamoto Hideaki Yamashiro Yasuhisa Yamashita Takato Terada |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Biosphere Sciences, Hiroshima University, 739-8528 Higashi, Hiroshima, Japan |
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Abstract: | Background The objective of this study was to investigate whether the steroid hormone(s) secreted from cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs)
is a prerequisite for bovine oocyte maturation and cumulus expansion using aminoglutethimide (AGT), a P450 cholesterol side-chain
cleavage inhibitor. |
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