WNT signaling and the regulation of ovarian steroidogenesis

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 3 S, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 276-285

  Lapointe, Evelyne ^a   Boerboom, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CTNNB1; Follicle; Granulosa cell; Ovary; Steroidogenesis; WNT

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 17; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NR5A1 PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PRASTERONE; PROTEIN KINASE B; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN 2; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CELL RECEPTOR; CREB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; NR5A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NR5A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LUTEAL CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BETA CATENIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 79955975054     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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