Gene Review:
Gdf9 - growth differentiation factor 9
Mus musculus
Synonyms:
GDF-9, Gdf-9, Growth/differentiation factor 9
- Paracrine actions of growth differentiation factor-9 in the mammalian ovary. Elvin, J.A., Clark, A.T., Wang, P., Wolfman, N.M., Matzuk, M.M. Mol. Endocrinol. (1999)
- GCNF-dependent repression of BMP-15 and GDF-9 mediates gamete regulation of female fertility. Lan, Z.J., Gu, P., Xu, X., Jackson, K.J., DeMayo, F.J., O'Malley, B.W., Cooney, A.J. EMBO J. (2003)
- Growth differentiation factor-9 stimulates progesterone synthesis in granulosa cells via a prostaglandin E2/EP2 receptor pathway. Elvin, J.A., Yan, C., Matzuk, M.M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2000)
- Knockout of pentraxin 3, a downstream target of growth differentiation factor-9, causes female subfertility. Varani, S., Elvin, J.A., Yan, C., DeMayo, J., DeMayo, F.J., Horton, H.F., Byrne, M.C., Matzuk, M.M. Mol. Endocrinol. (2002)
- Molecular characterization of the follicle defects in the growth differentiation factor 9-deficient ovary. Elvin, J.A., Yan, C., Wang, P., Nishimori, K., Matzuk, M.M. Mol. Endocrinol. (1999)
- RNA interference evidence that growth differentiation factor-9 mediates oocyte regulation of cumulus expansion in mice. Gui, L.M., Joyce, I.M. Biol. Reprod. (2005)
- A novel growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9) related factor is co-expressed with GDF-9 in mouse oocytes during folliculogenesis. Laitinen, M., Vuojolainen, K., Jaatinen, R., Ketola, I., Aaltonen, J., Lehtonen, E., Heikinheimo, M., Ritvos, O. Mech. Dev. (1998)
- Characterization of integrin expression in the mouse ovary. Burns, K.H., Owens, G.E., Fernandez, J.M., Nilson, J.H., Matzuk, M.M. Biol. Reprod. (2002)
- Interplay between paracrine signaling and gap junctional communication in ovarian follicles. Gittens, J.E., Barr, K.J., Vanderhyden, B.C., Kidder, G.M. J. Cell. Sci. (2005)
- Bromodomain containing 2 (Brd2) is expressed in distinct patterns during ovarian folliculogenesis independent of FSH or GDF9 action. Trousdale, R.K., Wolgemuth, D.J. Mol. Reprod. Dev. (2004)
- Oocyte-expressed TGF-beta superfamily members in female fertility. Elvin, J.A., Yan, C., Matzuk, M.M. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. (2000)
- Growth differentiation factor 9 regulates expression of the bone morphogenetic protein antagonist gremlin. Pangas, S.A., Jorgez, C.J., Matzuk, M.M. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- Role of oocyte-secreted growth differentiation factor 9 in the regulation of mouse cumulus expansion. Dragovic, R.A., Ritter, L.J., Schulz, S.J., Amato, F., Armstrong, D.T., Gilchrist, R.B. Endocrinology (2005)
- Immunoneutralization of growth differentiation factor 9 reveals it partially accounts for mouse oocyte mitogenic activity. Gilchrist, R.B., Ritter, L.J., Cranfield, M., Jeffery, L.A., Amato, F., Scott, S.J., Myllymaa, S., Kaivo-Oja, N., Lankinen, H., Mottershead, D.G., Groome, N.P., Ritvos, O. Biol. Reprod. (2004)