Follicular growth and atresia in mammalian ovaries: Regulation by survival and death of granulosa cells

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-50

  Matsuda, Fuko ^a   Inoue, Naoko ^a   Manabe, Noboru ^b   Ohkura, Satoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Follicular atresia; Follicular growth; Granulosa cell; Mammalian ovary

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOUSE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SWINE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GRANULOSA CELLS; HORMONES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; SWINE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859118348     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2011-012     Document Type: Review

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