Involvement of the Serine Protease Inhibitor, SERPINE2, and the Urokinase Plasminogen Activator in Cumulus Expansion and Oocyte Maturation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Lu, Chung Hao ^a,b   Lee, Robert Kuo Kuang ^a,c   Hwu, Yuh Ming ^a,d   Lin, Ming Huei ^a,d   Yeh, Ling Yu ^a   Chen, Ying Jie ^a   Lin, Shau Ping ^b,e   Li, Sheng Hsiang ^a,d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^e AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; GONADOTROPIN; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HAS2; PROTEIN SERPINE2; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE; VERSICAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL EXPANSION; CUMULUS CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CUMULUS CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HORSES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MICE; OOCYTES; SERPIN E2; UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84883330909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074602     Document Type: Article

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