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Ovarian Follicle

Known as: Ovarian Follicles, Follicle of ovary viewed macroscopically, Follicle, Ovarian 
An OOCYTE-containing structure in the cortex of the OVARY. The oocyte is enclosed by a layer of GRANULOSA CELLS providing a nourishing… 
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Narrower (3)

Atretic FollicleFollicular FluidGraafian Follicle
Blood supply aspectsFollicular cell of ovaryLarge Luteal CellsMicrobiological

Broader (2)

Female internal genitalia structureFollicle

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Dietary excesses of urea influence the viability and metabolism of preimplantation sheep embryos and may affect fetal growth among survivors.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Germinal centers.
Germinal centers develop in the B cell follicles of secondary lymphoid tissues during T cell-dependent (TD) antibody responses… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Microanatomy of lymphoid tissue during humoral immune responses: structure function relationships.
The complex cellular interactions involved in the regulation of immune responses have generally been studied in vitro. An… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Patterns of expression of trichocytic and epithelial cytokeratins in mammalian tissues. I. Human and bovine hair follicles.
The cytokeratin family of intermediate filament (IF) proteins can be grouped into the epithelial polypeptides ("soft alpha… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Chemical signals that regulate mammalian oocyte maturation.
The nature and functions of the chemical signals involved in the acquisition of competence to resume meiosis, and the maintenance… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
Etiologies of sexual maturation: a model system based on the sexually maturing rat.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Cytoplasmic factor responsible for germinal vesicle breakdown and meiotic maturation in starfish oocyte
IN starfish, the first maturation division of oocytes within an ovary is arrested at a late stage of prophase. It is resumed… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Repopulation with IgA-containing cells of bronchial and intestinal lamina propria after transfer of homologous Peyer's patch and bronchial lymphocytes.
Transfer of 50 million rabbit allogeneic lymphocytes from either bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) or Peyer's patches… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
In-vitro induction of meiotic division in follicle-enclosed rat oocytes by LH, cyclic AMP and prostaglandin E 2 .
Summary. Isolated Graafian follicles cultured intact were used as a test-system for the meiosis-inducing action of hormonal… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
RADIOAUTOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION OF THE INCORPORATION OF GALACTOSE-3H AND MANNOSE-3H BY RAT THYROIDS IN VITRO IN RELATION TO THE STAGES OF THYROGLOBULIN SYNTHESIS
Rat thyroid lobes incubated with mannose-3H, galactose-3H, or leucine-3H, were studied by radioautography. With leucine-3H and… 
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