Functional roles of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) signaling in the mammalian ovary

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 24-30

  Zheng, Wenjing ^a   Nagaraju, Gorre ^a   Liu, Zhilin ^b   Liu, Kui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folliculogenesis; Oogenesis; Ovarian cancer; PI3K; Premature ovarian failure; PTEN

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; FOLLITROPIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN KINASE B; S6 KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; GENE MUTATION; GRANULOSA CELL; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY SURFACE EPITHELIUM; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CLASS IA PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; OVARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84859647093     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.05.027     Document Type: Review

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