Axl and Tyro3 modulate female reproduction by influencing gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron survival and migration

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2481-2495

  Pierce, Angela ^a,b   Bliesner, Brian ^a   Xu, Mei ^a   Nielsen Preiss, Sheila ^a,b   Lemke, Greg ^c   Tobet, Stuart ^d   Wierman, Margaret E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GONADORELIN; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN AXL; PROTEIN TYRO3; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA PRIMERS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REPRODUCTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

MUS;

EID: 55049120215     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2008-0169     Document Type: Article

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