Hepatocyte growth factor and stem cell factor involvement in paracrine interplays of theca and granulosa cells in the human ovary

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 973-979

  Ito, Masayuki ^a   Harada, Tasuku ^a   Tanikawa, Masahiro ^a   Fujii, Akiko ^a   Shiota, Goshi ^a   Terakawa, Naoki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follicular fluid; Granulosa cells; Hepatocyte growth factor; Stem cell factor; Theca cells

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; THECA CELL;

ADULT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELL FACTOR; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0035028652     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01747-2     Document Type: Article

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