The release of EGF domain from EGF-like factors by a specific cleavage enzyme activates the EGFR-MAPK3/1 pathway in both granulosa cells and cumulus cells during the ovulation process

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 510-514

  Yamashita, Yasuhisa ^a   Shimada, Masayuki ^b  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cAMP; EGF like factors; Ovulation; PGE2; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA CONVERTASE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CUMULUS CELL; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OVULATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAM PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CUMULUS CELLS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; OVULATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOLYSIS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84869022906     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2012-056     Document Type: Review

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