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The analyses for E 2 , free E 2 , E 1 , E 1 S, progesterone, SHBG, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and LH were conducted in 2 batches.
One group, which expresses BMP-4, is present as an outer layer of cells juxtaposed to the theca externa (TE), and another, which expresses BMP-7, is present at the proximal side of the theca interna near the basal lamina of the follicle.
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.
C; catalytic subunit, cAMP; cyclic adenosine monophosphate, CAT; chloramphenicol acetyl transferase, C/EBP; CAAT/enhancer binding protein, ChoRE; carbohydrate response element, CMV; cytalomega virus, 8-CPT-cAMP; 8-(4-chlorophenyl)thio-cAMP, CREB; cAMP-response element binding protein, EMSA; electrophoretic mobility shift assay, FAS; fatty acid synthase, FSH; follicle stimulating hormone, GIRE; glucose/insulin response element, hCG; human chorionic gonadotrophin, HLH; helix-loop-helix, IRE; insulin response element, MHC; major histocompability complex, PGHS; prostaglandin G/H synthase, PKA; cAMP-dependent protein kinase, R; regulatory subunit, USF; upstream stimulating factor, WB; Western blot.
Low levels of expression were seen throughout the growth of the primary follicle, but began to increase when a second layer of GC was forming (Fig.