MicroRNAs related to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Genes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 684-708

  Sørensen, Anja Elaine ^a   Wissing, Marie Louise ^b   Salö, Sofia ^a   Englund, Anne Lis Mikkelsen ^b   Dalgaard, Louise Torp ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Diabetes; Infertility; Insulin resistance; MicroRNA; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INSULIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 103; MICRORNA 132; MICRORNA 135A; MICRORNA 143; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 184; MICRORNA 18B; MICRORNA 195; MICRORNA 19B; MICRORNA 20B; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 212; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 224; MICRORNA 26B; MICRORNA 27B; MICRORNA 30C; MICRORNA 320; MICRORNA 367; MICRORNA 383; MICRORNA 520C 3P; MICRORNA 712; MICRORNA 9; MICRORNA 93; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 84922170030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes5030684     Document Type: Review

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