Ovarian LGR5 is critical for successful pregnancy

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2380-2389

  Sun, Xiaofei ^a   Terakawa, Jumpei ^a   Clevers, Hans ^b   Barker, Nick ^c   Daikoku, Takiko ^a   Dey, Sudhansu K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

20 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Corpus luteum; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 5; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME METABOLISM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HORMONAL THERAPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; STOMACH; SUPPLEMENTATION;

20Α-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORPUS LUTEUM; PROGESTERONE;

20-ALPHA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DECIDUA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE DELETION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; OVARY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84900993191     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-248344     Document Type: Article

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