The ability of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor to regulate ovarian follicle growth and estradiol biosynthesis in mice depends on stage of sexual maturity

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 698-706

  Hernandez Ochoa, Isabel ^a   Barnett Ringgold, Kimberly R ^b   Dehlinger, Stacey L ^a   Gupta, Rupesh K ^a   Leslie, Traci C ^a   Roby, Katherine F ^c   Flaws, Jodi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Estradiol; Follicle; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYCLIN D2; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AHR GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CCND2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL COUNT; CYCLIN D2; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OOCYTES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, LH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE CONGENERS;

MUS;

EID: 77958582466     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087015     Document Type: Article

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