Androgens and very low density lipoprotein are essential for the growth of previtellogenic oocytes from Japanese Eel, Anguilla japonica, in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 816-825

  Endo, Taku ^a,c   Todo, Takashi ^a   Lokman, P Mark ^b   Kudo, Hideaki ^a   Ijiri, Shigeho ^a   Adachi, Shinji ^a   Yamauchi, Kohei ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Androgen; Cytology; Developmental biology; Eel; In vitro; Lipid droplet; Lipoprotein; Oocyte development; Ovary; Steroid hormones steroid hormone receptors; Vldl

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EEL; EXPLANT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANDROGENS; ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LIPOPROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; MALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 79953288061     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087163     Document Type: Article

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