Follicular somatic cell factors and follicle development

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-39

  Buratini, J ^a   Price, C A ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BMP; FGF; folliculogenesis; granulosa cells; intra ovarian factors; theca cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEROID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; SOMATIC CELL; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELLS;

EID: 78650142813     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD10224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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