Amin H, Richart R, Brinson A O
Obstet Gynecol. 1976 May;47(5):562-8.
Granulosa cells of developing preovulatory follicles from ovaries of 6 rhesus monkeys were studied with the electron microscope. They did not contain the cytoplasmic structures known to be associated with steroidogenesis. Such structures were found only in the luteinized granulosa cells of atretic follicles in the preovulatory ovary. The preovulatory granulosa cells were rich in RNA, and the production of the liquor folliculi is probably their main function. The apparent contradiction between the present findings and those reported in incubation studies is discussed.
用电子显微镜研究了6只恒河猴卵巢中正在发育的排卵前卵泡的颗粒细胞。这些细胞不含有已知与类固醇生成相关的细胞质结构。这种结构仅在排卵前卵巢中闭锁卵泡的黄体化颗粒细胞中发现。排卵前颗粒细胞富含RNA，卵泡液的产生可能是它们的主要功能。讨论了目前的研究结果与孵育研究报告结果之间明显的矛盾。
