Decreased intracellular potassium levels underlie increased progesterone synthesis during ovarian follicular atresia

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1755-1760

  Gross, S A ^a   Newton, J M ^a   Hughes F M , Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Estradiol; Follicle; Follicular development; Granulosa cells; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RAT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0035020546     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod64.6.1755     Document Type: Article

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