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progesterone biosynthetic process

Known as: progesterone anabolism, progesterone formation, progesterone biosynthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of progesterone, a steroid hormone produced in the ovary which prepares and maintains… (More)
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2011
Highly Cited
2011
Intratumoral de novo steroid synthesis activates androgen receptor in castration-resistant prostate cancer and is upregulated by treatment with CYP17A1 inhibitors.
Relapse of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) that occurs after androgen deprivation therapy of primary prostate cancer… (More)
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2010
2010
Beta-catenin (CTNNB1) promotes preovulatory follicular development but represses LH-mediated ovulation and luteinization.
Wingless-type mouse mammary tumor virus integration site family (WNT)/beta-catenin (CTNNB1) pathway components are expressed in… (More)
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2010
2010
Membrane estrogen receptors stimulate intracellular calcium release and progesterone synthesis in hypothalamic astrocytes.
In hypothalamic astrocytes obtained from adult female rats, estradiol rapidly increased free cytoplasmic calcium concentrations… (More)
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2007
2007
Estradiol and progesterone synthesis in human placenta is stimulated by calcitriol.
Calcitriol exerts a diverse range of biological actions including the control of growth and cell differentiation, modulation of… (More)
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2007
2007
Estradiol stimulates progesterone synthesis in hypothalamic astrocyte cultures.
The brain synthesizes steroids de novo, especially progesterone. Recently estradiol has been shown to stimulate progesterone… (More)
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2003
2003
The luteinizing hormone surge is preceded by an estrogen-induced increase of hypothalamic progesterone in ovariectomized and adrenalectomized rats.
As circulating estrogen levels rise on the afternoon of proestrus, they stimulate the hypothalamo-pituitary axis. This estrogen… (More)
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2003
2003
Estrogen induces de novo progesterone synthesis in astrocytes.
The brain is an established target for peripheral steroids, but also expresses steroidogenic enzymes and is capable of de novo… (More)
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2001
2001
The ERK signaling cascade inhibits gonadotropin-stimulated steroidogenesis.
The response of granulosa cells to luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is mediated mainly by cAMP… (More)
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2001
2001
LH induces orphan nuclear receptor Nur77 gene expression in testicular Leydig cells.
The orphan nuclear receptor Nur77 (NR4A1) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily and plays an important role in the… (More)
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2000
2000
Growth differentiation factor-9 stimulates progesterone synthesis in granulosa cells via a prostaglandin E2/EP2 receptor pathway.
Growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9), an oocyte-secreted member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily… (More)
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