Evidence supporting a role for cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CARTPT) in control of granulosa cell estradiol production associated with dominant follicle selection in cattle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 580-586

  Lv, Lihua ^a,b   Jimenez Krassel, Fermin ^b   Sen, Aritro ^b   Bettegowda, Anilkumar ^b   Mondal, Mohan ^b   Folger, Joseph K ^b   Lee, Kyung Bon ^b   Ireland, James J ^b   Smith, George W ^a,b  

^a SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; Bovine; Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript; Estradiol; Follicle; Follicular development; Granulosa cell; Ovary; Theca cell

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; COCAINE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SECRETION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GRANULOSA CELLS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 69849104665     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077586     Document Type: Article

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