Amphiregulin mediates hCG-induced StAR expression and progesterone production in human granulosa cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Fang, Lanlan ^a   Yu, Yiping ^a   Zhang, Ruizhe ^a   He, Jingyan ^a   Sun, Ying Pu ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AMPHIREGULIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84964961677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24917     Document Type: Article

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