The molecular signature of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) theca cells defined by gene expression profiling

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-60

  Wood, Jennifer R ^a   Ho, Clement K M ^a   Nelson Degrave, Velen L ^b   McAllister, Jan M ^b   Strauss III, Jerome F ^a  

^a Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GATA6; Microarray analysis; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Retinoic acid; Wnt signal transduction

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 11A; CYTOCHROME P450 17; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANOVULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELLS;

EID: 3342995097     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2004.01.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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