Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 4 , Pages 1273-1279 , 1 March 2010

Bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP-7) increases the expression of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor in human granulosa cells

  • Jia Shi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Osamu Yoshino, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mizonokuchi Hospital, Teikyo University, Kawasaki, Japan
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  • Yutaka Osuga, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yutaka Osuga, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan (FAX: +81-3-3816-2017).
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  • Osamu Nishii, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mizonokuchi Hospital, Teikyo University, Kawasaki, Japan
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  • Tetsu Yano, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yuji Taketani, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Received 12 May 2008 ,Revised 10 October 2008 ,Accepted 11 November 2008.

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 J.S. has nothing to disclose. O.Y. has nothing to disclose. Y.O. has nothing to disclose. O.N. has nothing to disclose. T.Y. has nothing to disclose. Y.T. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported in part by Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Kowa Life Science Foundation, and Kanzawa Science Foundation.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04580-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.11.014

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 4 , Pages 1273-1279 , 1 March 2010

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