Retinoic acid promotes in vitro follicle activation in the cat ovary by regulating expression of matrix metalloproteinase 9

• Mayako Fujihara ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fujihara.mayako.22e@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5477-2653

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• Kohei Yamamizu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Pierre Comizzoli,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-9063

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• David E. Wildt,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America

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• Nucharin Songsasen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America

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