Expression of adrenomedullin in human ovaries, ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors and cultured granulosa-luteal cells

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-103

  Liu, Jianqi ^a   Butzow, Ralf ^a,b   Hyden Granskog, Christel ^b   Voutilainen, Raimo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activin A; Gonadotropin; Granulosa cell tumor; Immunohistochemistry; mRNA expression; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ADRENOMEDULLIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; STAUROSPORINE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEAL CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARIAN SEX CORD STROMAL TUMOR; OVARY; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY TUMOR; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELLS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; THECOMA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 67249097648     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590802488412     Document Type: Article

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