Marilyn J. O’Brien

A Revised Protocol for In Vitro Development of Mouse Oocytes from Primordial Follicles Dramatically Improves Their Developmental Competence1

Marilyn J. O’Brien, Janice K. Pendola, John J. Eppig · Biology of Reproduction · 2003 · 632 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Assisted Reproductive Technologies +16

Oocyte regulation of metabolic cooperativity between mouse cumulus cells and oocytes: BMP15 and GDF9 control cholesterol biosynthesis in cumulus cells

You‐Qiang Su, Koji Sugiura, Karen Wigglesworth et al. · Development · 2007 · 399 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology +17

Synergistic roles of BMP15 and GDF9 in the development and function of the oocyte–cumulus cell complex in mice: genetic evidence for an oocyte–granulosa cell regulatory loop

You‐Qiang Su, Xuemei Wu, Marilyn J. O’Brien et al. · Developmental Biology · 2004 · 368 citations

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Genetics +12

Intercellular Communication via Connexin43 Gap Junctions Is Required for Ovarian Folliculogenesis in the Mouse

Cheryl L. Ackert, Joanne E. I. Gittens, Marilyn J. O’Brien et al. · Developmental Biology · 2001 · 357 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +16

Relationship between the Developmental Programs Controlling Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Maturation of Mouse Oocytes

John J. Eppig, Richard M. Schultz, Marilyn J. O’Brien et al. · Developmental Biology · 1994 · 341 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology +17