Specific genes are selectively expressed between cumulus and granulosa cells from individual human pre-ovulatory follicles

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 572-584

  Grondahl M L ^a,b   Andersen, C Yding ^a   Bogstad, J ^c   Borgbo, T ^a   Hartvig Boujida, V ^d   Borup, R ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cumulus; Gene expression; Granulosa; Human; Microarray

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPSINOGEN; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIPID METABOLISM; METAPHASE; MURAL GRANULOSA CELL; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY PREOVULATORY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ADULT; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84869461909     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gas035     Document Type: Article

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