Emerging roles for LXRs and LRH-1 in female reproduction

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 47-58

  Mouzat, Kevin ^a   Baron, Silvère ^b,c,d,e   Marceau, Geoffroy ^b   Caira, Françoise ^b,c,d,e   Sapin, Vincent ^b   Volle, David H ^b,c,d,e   Lumbroso, Serge ^a   Lobaccaro, Jean Marc ^b,c,d,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^e CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cholesterol controlling nuclear receptors; Female reproduction; LRH1; LXR

Indexed keywords

3 [3 [[2 CHLORO 3 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)BENZYL](2 DIPHENYLETHYL)AMINO]PROPOXY]PHENYLACETIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; DILAUROYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; LIVER X RECEPTOR AGONIST; LIVER X RECEPTOR ALPHA; LIVER X RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LIVER X RECEPTOR BETA; N (2,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHYL) N [4 [2,2,2 TRIFLUORO 1 HYDROXY 1 (TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)ETHYL]PHENYL]BENZENESULFONAMIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROBUCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSTEROL;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; OVARY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84875238717     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.06.009     Document Type: Review

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