Inductions of granulosa cell luteinization and cumulus expansion are dependent on the fibronectin-integrin pathway during ovulation process in mice

• Hiroya Kitasaka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Asada Ladies Clinic, Nagoya, Japan

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• Tomoko Kawai,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

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• S. A. Masudul Hoque,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur-1706, Bangladesh

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• Takashi Umehara,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Youko Fujita,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Women’s Clinic Oizumi-Gakuenn, Higashi-Oizumi, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masayuki Shimada

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mashimad@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6500-2088

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