Gonadotropin-releasing hormone-agonist inhibits synthesis of nitric oxide and steroidogenesis by luteal cells in the pregnant rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2222-2231

  Yang, Hyunwon ^a   Bhat, Ganapathy K ^a   Wadley, Rodney ^a   Wright, Kenisha L ^a   Chung, Brian M ^a   Whittaker, Joseph A ^a   Dharmarajan, Arun M ^b   Sridaran, Rajagopala ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Corpus luteum; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Nitric oxide; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; LUTEAL CELLS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PREGNANCY; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037836964     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.011635     Document Type: Article

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