A proteomic analysis of human follicular fluid: Comparison between younger and older women with normal FSH levels

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 17518-17540

  Hashemitabar, Mahmoud ^a   Bahmanzadeh, Maryam ^a   Mostafaie, Ali ^b   Orazizadeh, Mahmoud ^a   Farimani, Marzieh ^c   Nikbakht, Roshan ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Follicular fluid; MALDI TOF TOF; Proteomic analysis; Reproductive aging; Two dimensional gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANAZOLENE SODIUM; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FOLLITROPIN; HEMOPEXIN PRECURSOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KININOGEN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SEROTRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEOME; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN STIMULATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; SILVER STAINING; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; OVARY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; OVARY; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84907808432     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151017518     Document Type: Article

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