Intraovarian regulation of gonadotropin-dependent folliculogenesis depends on notch receptor signaling pathways not involving Delta-like ligand 4 (Dll4)

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jovanovic, Vuk P ^a,b   Sauer, Christopher M ^c   Shawber, Carrie J ^a   Gomez, Raul ^d   Wang, Xing ^a   Sauer, Mark V ^a   Kitajewski, Jan ^a   Zimmermann, Ralf C ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Fertility Center of Langenhagen and Wolfsburg   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Instituto Universitario IVI INCLIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dll4; Folliculogenesis; Gamma secretase inhibitor; Jagged; Notch; Ovary; YW152F

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; DELTA LIKE LIGAND 4; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; JAGGED1; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; RECEPTOR, NOTCH2; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELLS;

EID: 84878179969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-43     Document Type: Article

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