Increased circulating leptin level inhibits folliculogenesis in vespertilionid bat, Scotophilus heathii

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 337, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 24-35

  Srivastava, Raj Kamal ^a   Krishna, Amitabh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bat; Caspase 3; Insulin; Insulin receptor; Leptin; Leptin receptor; LH; LH receptor; Ovary; PARP; PCNA

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; THECA CELL; VESPERTILIONID BAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OBESITY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RECEPTORS, LH; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 79953322599     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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