Daily differential expression of melatonin-related genes and clock genes in rat cumulus-oocyte complex: Changes after pinealectomy

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 490-499

  Coelho, L A ^a   Peres, R ^a   Amaral, F G ^b   Reiter, R J ^c   Cipolla Neto, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aanat; Asmt; gene expression; melatonin receptors; oocyte maturational stage; Ror

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; AANAT PROTEIN, RAT; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

AANAT GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASMT GENE; BMAL1 GENE; CLOCK GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1 GENE; CRY2 GENE; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MEIOSIS; MELATONIN SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MT1 GENE; MT2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PER1 GENE; PER2 GENE; PINEALECTOMY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROR ALPHA GENE; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUMULUS CELL; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; SURGERY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; MELATONIN; OOCYTES; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN;

EID: 84926453755     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12234     Document Type: Article

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