Connective tissue growth factor is required for normal follicle development and ovulation

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1740-1759

  Nagashima, Takashi ^a   Kim, Jaeyeon ^a   Li, Qinglei ^a,c   Lydon, John P ^a   de Mayo, Francesco J ^a   Lyons, Karen M ^b   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ADAMTS1 PROTEIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CUMULUS CELL; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUBFERTILITY; UTERUS HORN;

ADAM PROTEINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CORPUS LUTEUM; CUMULUS CELLS; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

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EID: 80053380749     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2011-1045     Document Type: Article

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