Tetsuji Okazaki

Hyaluronan fragments generated by sperm-secreted hyaluronidase stimulate cytokine/chemokine production via the TLR2 and TLR4 pathway in cumulus cells of ovulated COCs, which may enhance fertilization

Masayuki Shimada, Yoshiari Yanai, Tetsuji Okazaki et al. · Development · 2008 · 186 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +17

Production of Progesterone from De Novo-Synthesized Cholesterol in Cumulus Cells and Its Physiological Role During Meiotic Resumption of Porcine Oocytes1

Yasuhisa Yamashita, Masayuki Shimada, Tetsuji Okazaki et al. · Biology of Reproduction · 2003 · 118 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Physiology +11

Sequential exposure of porcine cumulus cells to FSH and/or LH is critical for appropriate expression of steroidogenic and ovulation-related genes that impact oocyte maturation <i>in vivo</i> and <i>in vitro</i>

Ikkou Kawashima, Tetsuji Okazaki, Noritaka Noma et al. · Reproduction · 2008 · 104 citations · Full text

Medicine, Animal Sciences, Endocrinology +17

Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis in Mitochondria Enhance the Duration of High-Speed Linear Motility in Boar Sperm

Zhendong Zhu, Takashi Umehara, Tetsuji Okazaki et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2019 · 87 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Physiology +17

Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25 Gene Expression Is Hormonally Regulated during Ovulation and Is Involved in Cytokine/Chemokine Exocytosis from Granulosa Cells

Masayuki Shimada, Yoshiari Yanai, Tetsuji Okazaki et al. · Molecular Endocrinology · 2007 · 70 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology +14