Interplay between paracrine signaling and gap junctional communication in ovarian follicles

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-122

  Gittens, Joanne E I ^a,b   Barr, Kevin J ^a,b   Vanderhyden, Barbara C ^c   Kidder, Gerald M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junctions; GDF9; Granulosa cell; Kit ligand; Ovarian follicle

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CYCLINE; DNA; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELLS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, SCID; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 14044271977     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01587     Document Type: Article

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