Leptin inhibits steroid biosynthesis by human granulosa-lutein cells

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 323-328

  Ghizzoni, L ^a   Barreca, A ^b   Mastorakos, G ^c   Furlini, M ^a   Vottero, A ^a   Ferrari, B ^a   Chrousos, G P ^d   Bernasconi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulosa Cells; hCG; IGFs; Leptin; Ovary

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONAD; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEAL CELL; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADULT; AROMATASE; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LEPTIN; LUTEAL CELLS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0034940829     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-15419     Document Type: Article

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