Expression of angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) and angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptors in human granulosa-lutein (GL) cells: correlation with infertility diagnoses

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1601-1608

  Peña, Óscar ^a   Palumbo, Angela ^b   González Fernández, Rebeca ^a   Hernández, Jairo ^b   Naftolin, Frederick ^c   Ávila, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Asistencia a la Reproduccion Humana de Canarias   (Spain)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

angiotensin II receptors; embryo fragmentation; Granulosa lutein cells; in vitro fertilization; oocyte maturation; OVRAS

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LUTEAL CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APOPTOSIS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO LOSS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEAL CELLS; METAPHASE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949270320     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.092     Document Type: Article

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