Kit ligand and c-Kit are expressed during early human ovarian follicular development and their interaction is required for the survival of follicles in long-term culture

Reproduction

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 641-649

  Carlsson, Inger Britt ^a   Laitinen, Mika P E ^b,c   Scott, Jennifer E ^a   Louhio, Henna ^d   Velentzis, Louiza ^e   Tuuri, Timo ^d   Aaltonen, Johanna ^b,c   Ritvos, Olli ^b   Winston, Robert M L ^e   Hovatta, Outi ^a,d,e  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Infertility Clinic   (Finland)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C KIT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646234941     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00868     Document Type: Article

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