Folliculogenesis is impaired and granulosa cell apoptosis is increased in leptin-deficient mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-72

  Hamm, Marissa L ^a   Bhat, Ganapathy K ^a   Thompson, Winston E ^a   Mann, David R ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Follicle; Granulosa cells; Leptin; Ovary

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; VAGINA; VAGINA OPENING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; STEROID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3142763087     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.027292     Document Type: Article

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