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Transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor is involved in the lutropin receptor-mediated down-regulation of ovarian aromatase expression in vivo.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 2010
Andric Nebojsa, Thomas Mika, Ascoli Mario
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Ovarian follicular development and differentiation is characterized by dramatic changes in aromatase (Cyp19a1) expression. In preovulatory follicles, activation of the FSH receptor increases aromatase expression until the surge of LH decreases it. Here we provide in vivo evidence that down-regulation of Cyp19a1 by the LH surge requires efficient signaling through the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The...
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