Paracrine regulation of theca androgen production by granulosa cells in the ovary

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 561-567

  Hoang, Yvonne D ^a   McTavish, Kirsten J ^a   Chang, R Jeffrey ^a   Shimasaki, Shunichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyp17; granulosa cell; inhibin; polycystic ovary syndrome; Theca cell

Indexed keywords

BETA GLYCAN ANTIBODY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450 17; FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE ANTIBODY; INHIBIN; INHIBIN ANTIBODY; INHIBIN B; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL CULTURE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THECA CELL; UPREGULATION;

CYP17; GRANULOSA CELL; INHIBIN; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; THECA CELL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GRANULOSA CELLS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; THECA CELLS;

EID: 84881128332     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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