The AhR is constitutively activated and affects granulosa cell features in the human cell line KGN

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-114

  Horling, Katja ^a   Santos, Anne Navarrete ^a   Fischer, Bernd ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ah receptor; Aromatase; Gonadotrophin receptors; Granulosa cells; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALPHA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; AROMATASE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; BROXURIDINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KGN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AROMATASE; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; BENZOFLAVONES; BETA-NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, GONADOTROPIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

MURINAE;

EID: 78751695264     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq074     Document Type: Article

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