The interactions between the stimulatory effect of follicle-stimulating hormone and the inhibitory effect of estrogen on mouse primordial folliculogenesis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-22

  Lei, Lei ^a,b   Jin, Shiying ^a,b   Mayo, Kelly E ^b   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Follicle stimulating hormone; Ovary; Primordial follicle

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN BETA A SUBUNIT; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FIGLA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NOBOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; CYCLIC AMP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

MURINAE; MUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLIC AMP; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; OOCYTES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77950366139     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077404     Document Type: Article

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