Oxytocin receptors in the primate ovary: Molecular identity and link to apoptosis in human granulosa cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 969-976

  Saller, S ^a   Kunz, L ^a   Dissen, G A ^b   Stouffer, R ^b   Ojeda, S R ^b   Berg, D ^c   Berg, U ^c   Mayerhofer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Assisted Reproductive Technologies Bogenhausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium; Follicle; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIMATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77949976298     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep467     Document Type: Article

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