Keratinocyte growth factor and its receptor in human ovaries from fetuses, girls and women

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-75

  Abir, Ronita ^a,b   Fisch, B ^a,b   Zhang, X Y ^c   Felz, C ^a,b   Kessler Icekson, G ^a,b   Krissi, H ^a,b   Nitke, S ^a,b   Ao, A ^c,d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; KGF; Primordial follicles; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STROMA CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 7; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARY; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

RATTUS;

EID: 60149108635     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gan080     Document Type: Article

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