Evidence of leptin expression in normal and polycystic human ovaries

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1143-1149

  Löffler, Sabine ^a   Aust, Gabriela ^a   Köhler, Uwe ^b   Spanel Borowski, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Ovary; Polycystic ovary

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY HYPERTROPHY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0035216734     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/7.12.1143     Document Type: Article

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