HIF1 activity in granulosa cells is required for FSH-regulated Vegfa expression and follicle survival in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Rico, Charlène ^a   Dodelet Devillers, Aurore ^a   Paquet, Marilène ^a   Tsoi, Mayra ^a   Lapointe, Evelyne ^a   Carmeliet, Peter ^b,c   Boerboom, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Follicular development; Granulosa cells; HIF1; VEGFA

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ECHINOMYCIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; ARNT PROTEIN, MOUSE; HIF1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84903753692     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.115634     Document Type: Article

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