Possible involvement of very low density lipoproteins in steroidogenesis in the human ovary

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 797-801

  Murata, Masanori ^a   Tamura, Akihiko ^a   Kodama, Hideya ^a   Hirano, Hideto ^a   Takahashi, Osamu ^a   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Luteal cells; Steroidogenesis; Very low density lipoproteins; VLDL receptor

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LUTEAL CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031871548     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.8.797     Document Type: Article

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