Apelin and APJ receptor expression in granulosa and theca cells during different stages of follicular development in the bovine ovary: Involvement of apoptosis and hormonal regulation

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 28-37

  Shimizu, Takashi ^a   Kosaka, Naomichi ^a   Murayama, Chiaki ^a   Tetsuka, Masa ^a   Miyamoto, Akio ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apelin; APJ receptor; Apoptosis; Follicle; Granulosa cell; Progesterone; Theca cell

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRANULOSA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONES; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; THECA CELLS;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67650369897     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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