Aberrant intracellular cholesterol transport disrupts pituitary and ovarian function

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1778-1786

  Gévry, Nicolas Y ^a   Lopes, Flavia L ^a   Ledoux, Sandra ^a   Murphy, Bruce D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Ctr de Rech en Repro Animale   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSOME; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INFERTILITY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; KIDNEY CAPSULE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HOMOZYGOTE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; OVARY; OVULATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; PROTEINS; TRANSPLANTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042711799     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2003-0323     Document Type: Article

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