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Impaired follicle development and infertility in female mice lacking steroidogenic factor 1 in ovarian granulosa cells.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Dec 2008
Pelusi Carla, Ikeda Yayoi, Zubair Mohamad, Parker Keith L
Abstract excerpt
The nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1 [officially designated NR5A1]) is essential for fetal gonadal development, but its roles in postnatal ovarian function are less well defined. Herein, we have extended our analyses of knockout (KO) mice with markedly decreased SF-1 expression in granulosa cells. As described, these SF-1 KO mice had hypoplastic ovaries that contained a decreased number of follicles...
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