mTOR controls ovarian follicle growth by regulating granulosa cell proliferation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Yu, James ^a   Yaba, Aylin ^b   Kasiman, Corinna ^c   Thomson, Travis ^d   Johnson, Joshua ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; RAPAMYCIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RAPTOR PROTEIN, MOUSE; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE, 70KD, POLYPEPTIDE 2; S6 KINASE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ANAPHASE; ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS; RAPTORES; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; G1 PHASE; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES, 70-KDA; SIROLIMUS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 79960024518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021415     Document Type: Article

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