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Natalie K Ryan1, Kylie H Van der Hoek, Sarah A Robertson

  • 1Reproductive Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Adelaide, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia 5011, Australia.

Endocrinology
|September 10, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Ovarian leptin and leptin receptor (Ob-Ra, Ob-Rb) expression increases with gonadotropin stimulation during the estrous cycle. This suggests a role for leptin signaling in ovulation and corpus luteum formation.

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