Betacellulin overexpression in the mouse ovary leads to MAPK3/MAPK1 hyperactivation and reduces litter size by impairing fertilization

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Gratao, Ana A ^a   Dahlhoff, Maik ^a   Sinowatz, Fred ^a   Wolf, Eckhard ^a   Schneider, Marlon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Betacellulin; EGFR; Female reproductive tract; Fertilization; Growth factors; Implantation; MAPK3 MAPK1; Transgenic mice; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BETACELLULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; OVARY; PREGNANCY;

MUS MUSCULUS; ULOSA;

EID: 38149103210     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.062588     Document Type: Article

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