Allopregnanolone and pregnanolone are produced by the human corpus luteum

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 37-44

  Ottander, Ulrika ^a   Poromaa, Inger Sundström ^b   Bjurulf, Erik ^c   Skytt, Åsa ^d   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^a   Olofsson, Jan I ^e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Fertility Center Scandinavia   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 Reductase; Allopregnanolone; Cell culture; Human corpus luteum

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ELTANOLONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5BETA REDUCTASE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DISPERSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; STEROID RELEASE; TISSUE LEVEL;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PREGNANOLONE; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 20544438243     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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