Up-regulation of the endocannabinoid system in the uterus of leptin knockout (ob/ob) mice and implications for fertility

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-28

  Maccarrone, M ^a   Fride, E ^b   Bisogno, T ^c   Bari, M ^a   Cascio, M G ^c   Battista, N ^a   Finazzi Agro A ^d   Suris, R ^b   Mechoulam, R ^e   Di Marzo, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

2 Arachidonoylglycerol; Anandamide; Fertility; Leptin; Ob ob mice

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOCANNABINOID; HYDROLASE; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; RIMONABANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC DISORDER; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MATING; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION; UTERUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BENZYL COMPOUNDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLYCERIDES; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASES; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 20044388537     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah130     Document Type: Article

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