Table 4.
Cell type | EGF | EGF-r | TGF-α | EGF | EGF-r | TGF-α | |||
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Prot. | RNA | Prot. | RNA | Prot. | RNA | ||||
Oocyte | + | + | + | + | — | + | (+) | + | (+) |
Cumulus | + | + | + | + | (+) | + | + | + | (+) |
Granulosa | + | + | + | + | (+) | + | + | + | + |
Theca | — | — | + | — | — | — | + | + | + |
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Preantral follicles | Antral follicles |
EGF: epidermal growth factor, EGF-r: EGF receptor; TGF-α: transforming growth factor alpha, +: yes; —: no; Prot.: proteins.