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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Transcriptome Analysis of Porcine Granulosa Cells in Healthy and Atretic Follicles: Role of Steroidogenesis and Oxidative Stress.

Li Meng, Zhenfang Wu, Kun Zhao, Jian Tao, Tam Chit, Shouquan Zhang, Chi Chiu Wang, Katja Teerds

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Li MengNational Engineering Research Center of Breeding Swine Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Zhenfang WuNational Engineering Research Center of Breeding Swine Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Kun ZhaoNational Engineering Research Center of Breeding Swine Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Jian TaoNational Engineering Research Center of Breeding Swine Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Tam ChitDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
Shouquan ZhangNational Engineering Research Center of Breeding Swine Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Chi Chiu WangDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-3928-7278
Katja TeerdsHuman and Animal Physiology, Wageningen University, De Elst 1, 6708 WD Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0930-1198
South China Agricultural University · CNChinese University of Hong Kong · HKWageningen University & Research · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the main causes of female infertility is a deregulated antral follicular atresia, a process of which the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. Our objective was therefore to characterize the complex transcriptome changes in porcine granulosa cells of healthy antral (HA) and advanced antral atretic (AA) follicles, using ELISA and RNA-Seq followed by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Granulosa cell RNA-Seq data revealed 2160 differentially expressed genes, 1483 with higher and 677 with lower mRNA concentrations in AA follicles. Bioinformatic analysis showed that the upregulated genes in AA follicles were highly enriched in inflammation and apoptosis processes, while the downregulated transcripts were mainly highlighted in the steroid biosynthesis pathway and response to oxidative stress processes including antioxidant genes (e.g.,

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antral follicular atresiaoxidative stresssteroidogenesistranscriptome profiles

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PMID33379347
PMCPMC7824097
OpenAlexW3116137441

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