Interrelationship of Growth Differentiation Factor 9 and Inhibin in Early Folliculogenesis and Ovarian Tumorigenesis in Mice

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To investigate the interrelationship of inhibin alpha and growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) during early folliculogenesis, we generated mice lacking both inhibin alpha and GDF9. Our findings on these Inha Gdf9 double-mutant mice are as follows: 1). females develop ovarian tumors and a cachexia-like wasting syndrome, resembling mice lacking inhibin alpha alone. This indicates that the granulosa cells are...

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