Direct actions of androgens on the survival, growth and secretion of steroids and anti-Mü llerian hormone by individual macaque follicles during three-dimensional culture

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 664-674

  Rodrigues, J K ^a,b,c   Navarro, P A ^b   Zelinski, M B ^a,d   Stouffer, R L ^a,d   Xu, J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento   (Brazil)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Dihydrotestosterone; Follicle culture; Follicle development; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; TRILOSTANE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; RHESUS MONKEY; STEROID RELEASE; SURVIVAL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; MACACA; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; SECRETION (PROCESS);

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; MACACA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84923875141     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu335     Document Type: Article

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