Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates follicular development by modulating the expression of Foxo3a signaling components

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 382, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 915-925

  Li, Lei ^a,b   Ji, Shao Yang ^a,b   Yang, Jun Ling ^a,b   Li, Xi Xia ^a,b   Zhang, Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Yang ^a,b   Hu, Zhao Yuan ^a   Liu, Yi Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Follicle culture; Foxo3a; IWR 1; LiCl; Wnt catenin signaling; Wnt3a

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

3Β-HSD; 3Β-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ADENOMATOSIS POLYPOSIS COLI; APC; CTNNB1; CYP11A1; CYP19A1; CYTOCHROME P450 AROMATASE; DIMETHYLSULFOXIDE; DMSO; FBS; FETAL BOVINE SERUM; FOLLICLE CULTURE; FORKHEAD BOX O; FOXO; FOXO3A; FRIZZLED; FZD; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3Β; GSK3Β; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP DOMAIN; HMG-DOMAIN; INHIBITORS OF WNT RESPONSE; IWR; IWR-1; LICL; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR-RELATED PROTEINS; LRP; P450 CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; P53-UPREGULATED MODULATOR OF APOPTOSIS; PUMA; STAR; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; T-CELL FACTOR/LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN; TCF/LEF; TERMINAL DEOXYNUCLEOTIDYL TRANSFERASE-MEDIATED DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE NICK END LABELING; TUNEL; WINGLESS-TYPE MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS INTEGRATION SITE FAMILY; WNT; WNT/Β-CATENIN SIGNALING; WNT3A; Β-CATENIN;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETA CATENIN; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMIDES; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; QUINOLINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS; WNT3A PROTEIN;

EID: 84890055282     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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