WNT2 regulates DNA synthesis in mouse granulosa cells through beta-catenin

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 865-875

  Wang, Hong Xing ^a,c   Li, Tony Y ^a   Kidder, Gerald M ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; AXIN; Follicular development; FZD; Granulosa cells; Growth factors; GSK3B; Mechanisms of hormone action; Proliferation; WNT

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRUS VECTOR; WNT2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GRANULOSA CELLS; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT2 PROTEIN;

EID: 77953837003     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.080903     Document Type: Article

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