Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 5 , Pages 1421-1429 , 15 March 2010

Expression of the insulin-like growth factor and insulin systems in the luteinizing macaque ovarian follicle

  • Rebecca S. Brogan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Scott Mix

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Muraly Puttabyatappa, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Catherine A. VandeVoort, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • California National Primate Research Center, Davis, California
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  • Charles L. Chaffin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Charles L. Chaffin, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (FAX: 410–706–5747).

Received 23 April 2008 ,Revised 18 December 2008 ,Accepted 18 December 2008.

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 R.S.B. has nothing to disclose. S.M. has nothing to disclose. M.P. has nothing to disclose. C.A.V. has nothing to disclose. C.L.C. has nothing to disclose.

 This research was supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant nos. HD043358 (to CLC), RR13439 (to CAV), and RR00169 (to the California National Primate Research Center).

PII: S0015-0282(08)04797-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.096

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 5 , Pages 1421-1429 , 15 March 2010

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