In vivo treatment with GDF-9 stimulates primordial and primary follicle progression and theca cell marker CYP17 in ovaries of immature rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3814-3820

  Vitt, Ursula A ^a   McGee, Elizabeth A ^b   Hayashi, Masaru ^a   Hsueh, Aaron J W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THECA CELL;

EID: 0033735454     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.10.7732     Document Type: Article

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