Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A is the insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4 protease secreted by human ovarian granulosa cells and is a marker of dominant follicle selection and the corpus luteum

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2155-2158

  Conover, C A ^a   Faessen, G F ^b   Ilg, K E ^b   Chandrasekher, Y Aladin ^b   Christiansen, M ^c   Overgaard, M T ^d   Oxvig, C ^d   Giudice, L C ^b,e  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; PROTEINASE; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 4; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; RABBITS;

EID: 0035052235     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.142.5.2155     Document Type: Article

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