Presence of NGF and its receptors in ovaries from human fetuses and adults

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-236

  Abir, Ronita ^a,c   Fisch, B ^a,c   Jin, S ^b   Barnnet, M ^a,c   Ben Haroush, A ^a,c   Felz, C ^a   Kessler Icekson, G ^c   Feldberg, D ^a,c   Nitke, S ^a,c   Ao, A ^b,d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; NGF; Primordial follicles; Receptors; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS; FROZEN SECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 20844457464     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah164     Document Type: Article

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