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During preantral follicle growth, expression increased reaching high maximal levels in the GC of secondary follicles (Fig.
Although the function of this inducible and cell-specific gene expression is unclear, it is tightly correlated with the replenishment of the surface epithelium that is exfoliated from the surface of ovulating follicle.
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.
This loss of BMP-6 mRNA became evident soon after selection at E 0200 h, and continued through dominant follicle development.
Very little is known about the role of the TE in folliculogenesis: however this new finding raises the possibility that BMP-3b and -4 could have autocrine actions on TE histogenesis and/or paracrine actions on theca/follicle morphogenesis.