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In addition, BMP-7 and -15, but not BMP-6 have stimulatory effects on GC DNA synthesis, indicating they may play a mitogenic role in follicle growth [ 8 12 13 ] . The importance of this finding is underscored by the fact that the control of GC proliferation is crucial for follicle dominance and atresia.
The proportion of total antral follicles per female that was atretic was used as an index of atresia (atresia, hereinafter).
The general principle to emerge from our data is that the developmental programs of folliculogenesis (recruitment, selection, and atresia), ovulation and luteogenesis (luteinization and luteolysis) are accompanied by precise cell-specific changes in the expression of the genes encoding the BMP family.
As atresia occurs, BMP-7 mRNA is rapidly decreased to low or undetectable levels, indicating that BMP-7 is a marker for healthy follicles.
Overall, follicular atresia averaged 0.37 ± 0.02 and did not differ with age or pheromone exposure (P > 0.05).