Wt1 functions in ovarian follicle development by regulating granulosa cell differentiation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 333-341

  Gao, Fei ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a,b   Wang, Xiaona ^a,b   Yang, Junling ^a   Chen, Dahua ^a   Huff, Vicki ^c   Liu, Yi Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PAR6B PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 2; UVOMORULIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MATING; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; RECEPTORS, FSH; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 84903839727     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt423     Document Type: Article

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