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Seminal fluid factors regulate activin A and follistatin synthesis in female cervical epithelial cells (2015)
Journal Article
Sharkey, D. J., Schjenken, J. E., Mottershead, D. G., & Robertson, S. A. (2015). Seminal fluid factors regulate activin A and follistatin synthesis in female cervical epithelial cells. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 417(11), 178-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2015.09.022

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Overexpression of microRNA-31 (miR-31) is implicated in the pathogenesis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), a deadly disease associated with dietary zinc deficiency. Using a rat model that recapitulates features of human ESCC,... Read More about Seminal fluid factors regulate activin A and follistatin synthesis in female cervical epithelial cells.

Promotion of EGF receptor signaling improves the quality of low developmental competence oocytes (2015)
Journal Article
Sugimura, S., Ritter, L. J., Rose, R. D., Thompson, J. G., Smitz, J., Mottershead, D. G., & Gilchrist, R. B. (2015). Promotion of EGF receptor signaling improves the quality of low developmental competence oocytes. Developmental Biology, 403(2), 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.05.008

Oocytes acquire developmental competence with progressive folliculogenesis. Cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) from small antral follicles have inherent low competence and are poorly responsive to amphiregulin (AREG) which normally mediates oocyte matur... Read More about Promotion of EGF receptor signaling improves the quality of low developmental competence oocytes.

Redox and anti-oxidant state within cattle oocytes following in vitro maturation with bone morphogenetic protein 15 and follicle stimulating hormone (2015)
Journal Article
Sutton-McDowall, M. L., Purdey, M., Brown, H. M., Abell, A. D., Mottershead, D. G., Cetica, P. D., …Thompson, J. G. (2015). Redox and anti-oxidant state within cattle oocytes following in vitro maturation with bone morphogenetic protein 15 and follicle stimulating hormone. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 82(4), 281-294. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.22470

The developmental competence of cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) can be increased during in vitro oocyte maturation with the addition of exogenous oocyte-secreted factors, such as bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15), in combination with hormones. FS... Read More about Redox and anti-oxidant state within cattle oocytes following in vitro maturation with bone morphogenetic protein 15 and follicle stimulating hormone.