Functional roles of cell surface peptidases in reproductive organs

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 165-176

  Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum formation; Embryo implantation; Endometrium; Folliculogenesis; Peptidase

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLATOXIN; ANGIOTENSIN; ARGIPRESSIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BESTATIN; BRADYKININ; CALCITONIN; CORTICOTROPIN[18-39]; CYSTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; DYNORPHIN A; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GASTRIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MELANOSTATIN; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; NEUROTENSIN; OXYTOCIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN CARBOXYPEPTIDASE M; PROTEIN METHIONINE LEUCINE BRADYKININ; PROTEIN PLACENTAL LEUCINE PEPTIDASE; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FUNCTION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIDE EFFECT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 18244377971     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2004.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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