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Cumulus Cells

Known as: Cumulus Granulosa Cell, Cell, Cumulus Granulosa, Granulosa Cell, Cumulus 
The granulosa cells of the cumulus oophorus which surround the OVUM in the GRAAFIAN FOLLICLE. At OVULATION they are extruded with OVUM.
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2011
2011
Effects of serum, gonadotropins, epidermal growth factor and estradiol 17-beta on cumulus expansion and nuclear maturation of bovine oocytes.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), epidermal… 
2006
2006
Additional Complexities in Nakhlite Pyroxenes: A Progress (?) Report
Nakhlites are olivine-bearing clinopyroxene cumulates [e.g., 1]. Based on petrographic characteristics, they may be divided into… 
2004
2004
Late preovulatory synthesis of proteoglycans by the human oocyte and cumulus cells and their secretion into the oocyte-cumulus-complex extracellular matrices
SummaryLight- and electron-microscope autoradiography using 3H-glucosamine and 3H-fucose as precursors was employed to… 
2003
2003
New mineralogical and geochemical data on the Vuorijarvi ultramafic, alkaline and carbonatitic complex (Kola Region, NW Russia)
The Vuorijarvi massif belongs to the famous Devonian (380-360 Ma) alkaline and carbonatitic province of Kola (NW Russia). It is a… 
1993
1993
Effect of cyclic AMP on the isolated human oocyte--cumulus complex.
Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is one of the key regulators of the resumption of oocyte meiosis (oocyte maturation) in several mammalian… 
1990
1990
APATITE OF THE DUFEK INTRUSION: DISTRIBUTION, PARAGENESIS, AND CHEMISTRY
Apatite in the Dufek intrusion of Antarctica is F-rich and exhibits systematic variations in contents of Cl, F, Fe, Sr, and rare… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
Role of cumulus cells in oocyte maturation.
Resumption of meiosis (oocyte maturation) is normally triggered by the preovulatory LH surge, and the first meiotic division is… 
1981
1981
Ovarian glycosaminoglycans: evidence for a role in regulating the response of the oocyte-cumulus cell complex to FSH.
The effects of sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) on FSH-stimulated cumulus expansion and hyaluronic acid (HA) synthesis were… 
1979
1979
Specificity of inhibition by steroids of porcine oocyte maturation in vitro.
In order to examine the influence of several steroids on the process of oocyte maturation, denuded (adherent cumulus granulosa… 
1974
1974
Capacitation of mouse spermatozoa in vitro: involvement of epididymal secretions and cumulus oophorus.
Summary. Capacitation of mouse spermatozoa in vitro is brought about by epididymal secretions released into the medium at the…