Transcriptome profiling of the theca interna from bovine ovarian follicles during atresia.

The theca interna is a specialized stromal layer that envelops each growing ovarian follicle. It contains capillaries, fibroblasts, immune cells and the steroidogenic cells that synthesize androgens for conversion to estradiol by the neighboring granulosa cells. During reproductive life only a small...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Hatzirodos, Helen F Irving-Rodgers, Katja Hummitzsch, Raymond J Rodgers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4067288?pdf=render