A differential cytokine expression profile is induced by highly purified human menopausal gonadotropin and recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone in a pre- and postovulatory mouse follicle culture model

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1464-1476

  Foster, Rebecca ^a   Segers, Ingrid ^b   Smart, David ^a   Adriaenssens, Tom ^b   Smitz, Johan ^b   Arce, Joan Carles ^a   Princivalle, Marc ^a  

^a Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cytokines; HP hMG; implantation; oocyte; ovulation; rFSH

Indexed keywords

CD131 ANTIGEN; CD30 LIGAND; CUTANEOUS T CELL ATTRACTING CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE ANTIBODY; EOTAXIN 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 9; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 6; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MATURATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSSES, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MENOTROPINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949320054     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.136     Document Type: Article

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