Human ovarian theca cells in culture

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-71

  Wickenheisser, Jessica K ^a   Nelson DeGrave, Velen L ^a   McAllister, Jan M ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 17; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; VALPROIC ACID; STEROID; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EPILEPSY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA STABILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANDROGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS; THECA CELLS;

EID: 33644501433     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2006.01.003     Document Type: Review

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