Effects of Leptin and Leukemia Inhibitory Factor on Preimplantation Development and STAT3 Signaling of Mouse Embryos In Vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1531-1538

  Fedorcsák, Péter ^a   Storeng, Ritsa ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Early development; Embryo; Leptin; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; LEPTIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPTIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RECEPTORS, OSM-LIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242298758     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.019034     Document Type: Article

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