Expression and function of 3beta hydroxisteroid dehydrogenase (3β HSD) type II and corticosteroid binding globulin (CBG) in granulosa cells from ovaries of women with and without endometriosis

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-30

  Garrido, Nicolás ^a,b   Krüssel, Jan S ^c   Remohí, José ^a,b   Simón, Carlos ^a,b   Pellicer, Antonio ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 HSD; CBG; Endometriosis; Follicular environment; Granulosa cells

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 0036189038     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014058622697     Document Type: Article

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