Article
Absence of colony stimulating factor-1 in osteopetrotic (csfmop/csfmop) mice disrupts estrous cycles and ovulation.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Jan 1997
Cohen P E, Zhu L, Pollard J W
Abstract excerpt
Colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) is a hematopoietic growth factor required for the recruitment, proliferation, and differentiation of mononuclear phagocytes. In addition, CSF-1 is expressed in the female reproductive tract coincident with CSF-1 receptor localization on preovulatory oocytes, ov...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Division
- Embryonic Development
- Epithelial Cells
- Epithelium
- Estradiol
- Estrus
- Female
- Genotype
- Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
- Macrophages
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains
