A novel three-dimensional culture system allows prolonged culture of functional human granulosa cells and mimics the ovarian environment

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2063-2073

  Kossowska Tomaszczuk, Katarzyna ^a   Pelczar, Pawel ^b   Güven, Sinan ^a   Kowalski, Jacek ^c   Volpi, Emanuela ^d   De Geyter, Christian ^a   Scherberich, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Pathology   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; ENDOCRINOLOGY; MONOLAYERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

APOPTOSIS; AROMATASE; CULTURE CONDITIONS; CYTOCHROME P450; DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH; FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTORS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; IN-VITRO; INHIBITING FACTORS; OVARIAN FOLLICLES; SPHERICAL STRUCTURES; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE SYSTEM; TYPE I COLLAGEN;

CELL CULTURE;

MUS;

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; TRANSPLANTATION;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGESTERONE; RATS;

EID: 77953340356     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2009.0684     Document Type: Article

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