EGF-like growth factors as LH mediators in the human corpus luteum

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 176-184

  Ben Ami, I ^a,b,c   Armon, L ^a   Freimann, S ^a   Strassburger, D ^b   Ron El, R ^b   Amsterdam, A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; Apoptosis; Corpus luteum; Epiregulin; Luteinized granulosa cells

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; AMPHIREGULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIREGULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NICK END LABELING; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 57749178652     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den359     Document Type: Article

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