Establishment and characterization of a steroidogenic human granulosa-like tumor cell line, KGN, that expresses functional follicle-stimulating hormone receptor

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 437-445

  Nishi, Yoshihiro ^a   Yanase, Toshihiko ^a   Mu, Yi Ming ^a   Oba, Koichi ^a   Ichino, Isao ^a   Saito, Masayuki ^a   Nomura, Masatoshi ^a   Mukasa, Chizu ^a   Okabe, Taijiro ^a   Goto, Kiminobu ^a,b   Takayanagi, Ryoichi ^a,b   Kashimura, Yoshiko ^d   Haji, Masafumi ^d   Nawata, Hajime ^a,b,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c National Kokura Hospital   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FAS ANTIBODY; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 17744364049     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.1.7862     Document Type: Article

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