Synchronous activation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene transcription and secretion by pulsatile kisspeptin stimulation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5677-5682

  Choe, Han Kyoung ^a,b   Kim, Hee Dae ^a,b   Park, Sung Ho ^a,b   Lee, Han Woong ^c   Park, Jae Yong ^d   Seong, Jae Young ^e   Lightman, Stafford L ^e   Son, Gi Hoon ^a,b,f   Kim, Kyungjin ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sustainable Water Resources Center   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological rhythm; Circadian rhythm; Dynamic transcription; GnRH pulse generator

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PULSATILE FLOW; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84875834768     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213594110     Document Type: Article

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