2 results match your criteria: "Graduate School of Agricultural Science Kobe University 1-1 Rokkodai-cho[Affiliation]"
Effect of H89 on the meiotic resumption of pig oocytes.
Reprod Med Biol
June 2011
Graduate School of Agricultural Science Kobe University 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-Ku 657-8501 Kobe Japan.
Purpose: We studied the effect of H89, an inhibitor of protein kinase A (PKA), on the meiotic resumption of pig oocytes.
Methods: Pig cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) and denuded oocytes (DOs) were cultured for 27 h to induce meiotic resumption. COCs and DOs were exposed to H89 for different periods.
Testosterone induces activation of porcine primordial follicles in vitro.
Reprod Med Biol
March 2011
Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science Kobe University 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku 657-8501 Kobe Japan.
Purpose: The mechanism underlying primordial follicle activation is poorly understood. In this study, in-vitro culture and subsequent xenotransplantation were conducted to determine whether testosterone promotes the activation of porcine primordial follicles.
Methods: Prepubertal porcine ovarian cortical strips containing primordial follicles were cultured in the presence of testosterone for 7 days, and subsequently transplanted to immunodeficient mice for 2 months.