Functional AR signaling is evident in an in vitro mouse follicle culture bioassay that encompasses most stages of folliculogenesis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 685-695

  Lenie, Sandy ^a   Smitz, Johan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Confocal microscopy; Follicle culture; Follicular development; Immunofluorescence; Nuclear translocation; Ovary; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BICALUTAMIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HYDROXYFLUTAMIDE; STEROID;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROID RELEASE; THECA CELL;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANILIDES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; NITRILES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOSYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 65249190781     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.067280     Document Type: Article

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