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Favia M, Fitak R, Guerra L, Pierri CL, Faye B, Oulmouden A, Burger PA, Ciani E. Beyond the Big Five: Investigating Myostatin Structure, Polymorphism and Expression in Camelus dromedarius. Front Genet 2019; 10:502. [PMID: 31231423 PMCID: PMC6566074 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Myostatin, a negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass in animals, has been shown to play a role in determining muscular hypertrophy in several livestock species, and a high degree of polymorphism has been previously reported for this gene in humans and cattle. In this study, we provide a characterization of the myostatin gene in the dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) at the genomic, transcript and protein level. The gene was found to share high structural and sequence similarity with other mammals, notably Old World camelids. 3D modeling highlighted several non-conservative SNP variants compared to the bovine, as well as putative functional variants involved in the stability of the myostatin dimer. NGS data for nine dromedaries from various countries revealed 66 novel SNPs, all of them falling either upstream or downstream the coding region. The analysis also confirmed the presence of three previously described SNPs in intron 1, predicted here to alter both splicing and transcription factor binding sites (TFBS), thus possibly impacting myostatin processing and/or regulation. Several putative TFBS were identified in the myostatin upstream region, some of them belonging to the myogenic regulatory factor family. Patterns of SNP distribution across countries, as suggested by Bayesian clustering of the nine dromedaries using the 69 SNPs, pointed to weak geographic differentiation, in line with known recurrent gene flow at ancient trading centers along caravan routes. Myostatin expression was investigated in a set of 8 skeletal muscles, both at transcript and protein level, via Digital Droplet PCR and Western Blotting, respectively. No significant differences were observed at the transcript level, while, at the protein level, the only significant differences concerned the promyostatin dimer (75 kDa), in four pair-wise comparisons, all involving the tensor fasciae latae muscle. Beside the mentioned band at 75 kDa, additional bands were observed at around 40 and 25 kDa, corresponding to the promyostatin monomer and the active C-terminal myostatin dimer, respectively. Their weaker intensity suggests that the unprocessed myostatin dimers could act as important reservoirs of slowly available myostatin forms. Under this assumption, the sequential cleavage steps may contribute additional layers of control within an already complex regulatory framework.
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- Maria Favia
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, Vetmeduni, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Département Sciences du Vivant, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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INOUE N, MATSUDA F, GOTO Y, MANABE N. Role of Cell-Death Ligand-Receptor System of Granulosa Cells in Selective Follicular Atresia in Porcine Ovary. J Reprod Dev 2011; 57:169-75. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.10-198e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Naoko INOUE
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University
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- Animal Resource Science Center, The University of Tokyo
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- Animal Resource Science Center, The University of Tokyo
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- Animal Resource Science Center, The University of Tokyo
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Manabe N, Matsuda-Minehata F, Goto Y, Maeda A, Cheng Y, Nakagawa S, Inoue N, Wongpanit K, Jin H, Gonda H, Li J. Role of Cell Death Ligand and Receptor System on Regulation of Follicular Atresia in Pig Ovaries. Reprod Domest Anim 2008; 43 Suppl 2:268-72. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01172.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Inoue N, Maeda A, Matsuda-Minehata F, Fukuta K, Manabe N. Expression and Localization of Fas Ligand and Fas During Atresia in Porcine Ovarian Follicles. J Reprod Dev 2006; 52:723-30. [PMID: 16926525 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To reveal the mechanisms regulating the selective atresia of follicles in porcine ovaries, we examined the changes in the mRNA and protein levels of cell-death ligand, Fas/APO-1/CD95 ligand (FasL), and its receptor, Fas/APO-1/CD95 (Fas), and the localization of the proteins in granulosa cells during follicular atresia using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), Western blotting, and immunohistochemical techniques, respectively. Trace levels of FasL mRNA and protein were detected in the granulosa cells of healthy follicles; however, weak levels were detected in those of early atretic follicles, and the levels increased during atresia. Trace/weak levels of Fas mRNA and protein were detected in the granulosa cells of healthy follicles. Fas protein was located in the cytoplasmic area, not in cell membrane area, indicating that it has no activity in regard to inducing apoptosis. When apoptosis commences in granulosa cells, Fas moves from the cytoplasmic to cell membrane area. FasL and Fas mRNAs and proteins in granulosa cells were upregulated during follicular atresia. The FasL and Fas system may play a crucial role in the regulation of apoptosis in granulosa cells during selective follicular atresia in porcine ovaries.
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- Naoko Inoue
- Laboratory of Animal Morphology and Function, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan
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Manabe N, Goto Y, Matsuda-Minehata F, Inoue N, Maeda A, Sakamaki K, Miyano T. Regulation mechanism of selective atresia in porcine follicles: regulation of granulosa cell apoptosis during atresia. J Reprod Dev 2005; 50:493-514. [PMID: 15514456 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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More than 99% of follicles undergo a degenerative process known as "atresia", in mammalian ovaries, and only a few follicles ovulate during ovarian follicular development. We have investigated the molecular mechanism of selective follicular atresia in mammalian ovaries, and have reported that follicular selection dominantly depends on granulosa cell apoptosis. However, we have little knowledge of the molecular mechanisms that control apoptotic cell death in granulosa cells during follicle selection. To date, at least five cell death ligand-receptor systems [tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha and receptors, Fas (also called APO-1/CD95) ligand and receptors, TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL; also called APO-2) and receptors, APO-3 ligand and receptors, and PFG-5 ligand and receptors] have been reported in granulosa cells of porcine ovaries. Some cell death ligand-receptor systems have "decoy" receptors, which act as inhibitors of cell death ligand-induced apoptosis in granulosa cells. Moreover, we showed that the porcine granulosa cell is a type II apoptotic cell, which has the mitochondrion-dependent apoptosis-signaling pathway. Briefly, the cell death receptor-mediated apoptosis signaling pathway in granulosa cells has been suggested to be as follows. (1) A cell death ligand binds to the extracellular domain of a cell death receptor, which contains an intracellular death domain (DD). (2) The intracellular DD of the cell death receptor interacts with the DD of the adaptor protein (Fas-associated death domain: FADD) through a homophilic DD interaction. (3) FADD activates an initiator caspase (procaspase-8; also called FLICE), which is a bipartite molecule, containing an N-terminal death effector domain (DED) and a C-terminal DD. (4) Procaspase-8 begins auto-proteolytic cleavage and activation. (5) The auto-activated caspase-8 cleaves Bid protein. (6) The truncated Bid releases cytochrome c from mitochondrion. (7) Cytochrome c and ATP-dependent oligimerization of apoptotic protease-activating factor-1 (Apaf-1) allows recruitment of procaspase-9 into the apoptosome complex. Activation of procaspase-9 is mediated by means of a conformational change. (8) The activated caspase-9 cleaves downstream effector caspases (caspase-3). (9) Finally, apoptosis is induced. Recently, we found two intracellular inhibitor proteins [cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein short form (cFLIPS) and long form (cFLIPL)], which were strongly expressed in granulosa cells, and they may act as anti-apoptotic/survival factors. Further in vivo and in vitro studies will elucidate the largely unknown molecular mechanisms, e. g. which cell death ligand-receptor system is the dominant factor controlling the granulosa cell apoptosis of selective follicular atresia in mammalian ovaries. If we could elucidate the molecular mechanism of granulosa cell apoptosis (follicular selection), we could accurately diagnose the healthy ovulating follicles and precisely evaluate the oocyte quality. We hope that the mechanism will be clarified and lead to an integrated understanding of the regulation mechanism.
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- Noboru Manabe
- Research Unit for Animal Life Sciences, Animal Resource Science Center, The University of Tokyo, Ibaraki-Iwama, Japan.
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Riley JK, Heeley JM, Wyman AH, Schlichting EL, Moley KH. TRAIL and KILLER Are Expressed and Induce Apoptosis in the Murine Preimplantation Embryo1. Biol Reprod 2004; 71:871-7. [PMID: 15128592 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.026963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) and KILLER are a death-inducing ligand and receptor pair that belong to the TNF and TNF-receptor superfamilies, respectively. To date, only one apoptosis-inducing TRAIL receptor (murine KILLER [MK]) has been identified in mice, and it is a homologue of human Death Receptor 5. Whereas the expression of other death receptors, such as Fas and TNF receptor 1 have been documented in mammalian preimplantation embryos, no evidence currently demonstrates either the presence or the function of TRAIL and its corresponding death receptor, MK. Using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and confocal immunofluorescent microscopy, we found that both TRAIL and MK are expressed from the 1-cell through the blastocyst stage of murine preimplantation embryo development. These proteins are localized mainly at the cell surface from the 1-cell through the morula stage. At the blastocyst stage, both TRAIL and MK exhibit an apical staining pattern in the trophectoderm cells. Finally, using the TUNEL assay, we demonstrated that MK induces apoptosis in blastocysts sensitized to TRAIL via actinomycin D. Taken together, these data are the first to demonstrate the presence and function of TRAIL and MK, a death-inducing ligand and its receptor, in mammalian preimplantation embryos.
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- Joan K Riley
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Inoue N, Manabe N, Matsui T, Maeda A, Nakagawa S, Wada S, Miyamoto H. Roles of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Signaling Pathway in Granulosa Cell Apoptosis During Atresia in Pig Ovaries. J Reprod Dev 2003; 49:313-21. [PMID: 14967924 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.49.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To reveal the molecular mechanism of selective follicular atresia in porcine ovaries, we investigated the changes in the expression of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and its receptor (DR4) proteins and TRAIL mRNA in granulosa cells during follicular atresia. Immunohistochemical, Western immunoblotting and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analyses (RT-PCR) revealed that significant increases in TRAIL protein and mRNA levels but not DR4 protein were changed during atresia. The RT-PCR product was confirmed to be porcine TRAIL by the cDNA sequence determination. An in vitro apoptosis inducing assay using cultured granulosa cells prepared from healthy follicles showed that TRAIL could activate caspase-3 and induce apoptotic cell death in the cells. The present findings confirm that TRAIL induces apoptosis in granulosa cells during atresia in porcine ovaries.
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- Naoko Inoue
- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 806-8502, Japan
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Wada S, Manabe N, Nakayama M, Inou N, Matsui T, Miyamoto H. TRAIL-decoy receptor 1 plays inhibitory role in apoptosis of granulosa cells from pig ovarian follicles. J Vet Med Sci 2002; 64:435-9. [PMID: 12069077 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previously, we histochemically examined the localization of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and its receptors in porcine ovarian follicles, and demonstrated a marked reduction in the expression of TRAIL-decoy receptor-1 (DcRI) in granulosa cells of atretic follicles. In the present study, to confirm the inhibitory activity of DcR1 in granulosa cells, granulosa cells prepared from healthy follicles were treated with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) to cleave glycophospholipid anchor of DcR1 and to remove DcR1 from the cell surface, and then incubated with TRAIL. PI-PLC treatment increased the number of apoptotic cells induced by TRAIL. The present finding indicated the possibility that TRAIL and its receptors were involved in induction of apoptosis in granulosa cells during atresia, and that DcR1 plays an inhibitory role in granulosa cell apoptosis.
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- Satoko Wada
- Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
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WADA S, MANABE N, INOUE N, NAKAYAMA M, MATSUI T, MIYAMOTO H. TRAIL-Decoy Receptor-1 Disappears in Granulosa Cells of Atretic Follicles in Porcine Ovaries. J Reprod Dev 2002. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Satoko WADA
- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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TAJIMA C, MANABE N, INOUE N, MATSUI T, KAGAWA N, HONDO E, MIYANO T, RATKY J, MIYAMOTO H. A Monoclonal Antibody Recognizes Follicular Granulosa Cell Antigens in Porcine Ovaries. J Reprod Dev 2002. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Chiemi TAJIMA
- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University
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- Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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WADA S, MANABE N, INOUE N, NAKAYAMA M, MATSUI T, MIYAMOTO H. TRADD is Involved in Apoptosis Induction in Granulosa Cells during Atresia in Pig Ovaries. J Reprod Dev 2002. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Satoko WADA
- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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NAKAYAMA M, MANABE N, YAMADA-UCHIO K, MIYAMOTO H. Changes in Localization of Type I, III and IV Collagens and Their mRNA Expression During Follicular Atresia in Bovine and Porcine Ovaries. J Reprod Dev 2001. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.47.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- Mizuho NAKAYAMA
- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University
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NAKAYAMA M, MANABE N, NISHIHARA S, MIYAMOTO H. Species-specific Differences in Apoptotic Cell Localization in Granulosa and Theca Interna Cells during Follicular Atresia in Porcine and Bovine Ovaries. J Reprod Dev 2000. [DOI: 10.1262/jrd.46.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Mizuho NAKAYAMA
- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences,
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences,
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences,
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- Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Animal Sciences,
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