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CNP/NPR2 signaling maintains oocyte meiotic arrest in early antral follicles and is suppressed by EGFR‐mediated signaling in preovulatory follicles
15 Sept 2012
Abstract excerpt
Oocyte meiosis is arrested at prophase I by factors secreted from surrounding somatic cells after oocytes acquire meiotic competence at an early antral stage, and meiosis resumes in preovulatory follicles as a result of the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge. Recently, signaling by C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) through its receptor, natriuretic peptide receptor 2 (NPR2), was found to be essential for meiotic...
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