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ArticleFertility and sterility2010

Human forkhead L2 represses key genes in granulosa cell differentiation including aromatase, P450scc, and cyclin D2.

Ikuko K Bentsi-Barnes, Fang-Ting Kuo, Gillian M Barlow, Margareta D Pisarska

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Article in Fertility and sterility, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ikuko K Bentsi-BarnesDivision of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048 , USA.
Fang-Ting Kuo
Gillian M Barlow
Margareta D Pisarska
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms of FOXL2, An Ovarian Failure GeneR01HD047603 · NICHD · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI PISARSKA, MARGARETA · 2006 to 2010
$1.5M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD047603NICHD NIH HHS R01HD047603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

FOXL2 is expressed in granulosa cells (GC) of small and medium ovarian follicles, functions as a repressor of the human steroidogenic acute regulatory gene, a marker of a GC differentiation, and its mutation is associated with premature ovarian failure (POF) in women with blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES), type I. We now report that FOXL2 also represses the transcription of aromatase, P450scc, and cyclin D2, three other key genes involved in GC proliferation, differentiation, and steroidogenesis, and that a FOXL2 mutation found in patients with BPES type I, also fails to repress aromatase transcription, further supporting a role for FOXL2 in follicle maturation.

Indexed as

AnimalsAromataseCell DifferentiationCholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage EnzymeCyclin D2FemaleForkhead Box Protein L2Forkhead Transcription FactorsGranulosa CellsHumansRepressor ProteinsTranscription, GeneticAromataseCCND2 protein, humanCholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage EnzymeCyclin D2Forkhead Box Protein L2Forkhead Transcription FactorsFOXL2 protein, humanRepressor Proteins

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PMID19917504
PMCPMC2876195
OpenAlexW2015533701

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