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| Leitão,Cintia Camurça Fernandes; Costa,José Jackson do Nascimento; Brito,Ivina Rocha; Magalhães-Padilha,Déborah de Melo; Almeida,Anderson Pinto; Figueiredo,José Ricardo de; van den Hurk,Robert; Silva,José Roberto Viana. |
| The aim of the present study was to determine the role of GDF-9 and/or FSH on the growth and mRNA expression for FSH-R, GDF-9, and BMPs in goat secondary follicles after culture in vitro. Goat secondary follicles (~200µm) were isolated and cultured for six days in minimum essential medium (MEM) supplemented with GDF-9 (200 ng/mL), FSH (50 ng/mL) or both. At the beginning and end of culture, the follicular diameter was evaluated and compared. The levels of mRNA for GDF-9, FSH-R and BMPs -2, -4, -6, -7 and -15 in cultured follicles were quantified by real time PCR. The results showed that a significant increase of follicle diameter after six days when compared to day 0, but the presence of GDF-9 and FSH did not influence the follicular growth in comparison... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: BMPs; Follicles; GDF-9; In vitro; MRNA. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132014000200007 |
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