Efficacy of native and hyperglycosylated follicle-stimulating hormone analogs for promoting fertility in female mice

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 265-270

  Trousdale, Rhonda K ^a   Yu, Bo ^a   Pollak, Susan V ^a   Husami, Nabil ^b   Vidali, Andrea ^c,d   Lustbader, Joyce W ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; glycoengineering; hyperglycosylated FSH; N linked glycosylation; O linked glycosylation; ovary

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN CTP; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN N4; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GLYCOSYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 57849140300     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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