Activin B is produced early in antral follicular development and suppresses thecal androgen production

Reproduction

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 637-650

  Young, J M ^a   Henderson, S ^a   Souza, C ^b   Ludlow, H ^c,d   Groome, N ^c,e   McNeilly, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SYNTAXIN LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e Ansh Labs LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; INHIBIN A; MESSENGER RNA; MYELOPID;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; EWE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THECA CELL;

ACTIVINS; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; THECA CELLS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84861523612     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0327     Document Type: Article

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