Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and its receptors in human ovaries from fetuses, girls, and women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2565-2571

  Farhi, Jacob ^a,b   Ao, Asangla ^c,d   Fisch, Benjamin ^a,b   Zhang, Xiao Yun ^c   Garor, Roni ^a,b   Abir, Ronit ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GDNF; GFR 1 and RET receptor units; immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; Primordial follicle activation; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RET 51; PROTEIN RET 9; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77952107008     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.047     Document Type: Article

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