Serine protease and ovarian paracrine factors in regulation of ovulation

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 650-664

  Liu, Yi Xun ^a   Liu, Xi Ming ^b   Nin, Liang Fang ^b   Shi, Lei ^b   Chen, Su Ren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Changsha Reproductive Medicine Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Follicle Rupture; Matrix Metalloproteinase; Oocyte Maturation; Paracrine Autocrine Factor; Plasminogen Activator; Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor; Protease Nexin 1; Review

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEASE NEXIN I; SERINE PROTEINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVULATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; MACACA MULATTA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MICE; OOCYTES; OVARY; OVULATION; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERPIN E2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878788052     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4128     Document Type: Article

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