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Ovarian Signalling:Insights Into The P13k/Pkb/Foxo And The Ras/Raf/Mek/Erk Pathways, Nicola Cahill

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The ovaries are a pair of female reproductive organs that are involved in the production of gametes “oogenesis” and the production of hormones “steroidogenesis” to mediate the oestrous cycle, preparation of the uterus for pregnancy and the preparation of the breast for lactation www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/femaleRepro). The oestrous cycle is controlled by the release of the pituitary gonadotrophins, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and lutenising hormone (LH). The physiological responses of ovarian steroidogenesis, oogenesis, folliculargenesis, ovulation and lutenisation to the gonadotrophins are accomplished by the activation of greater than one hundred ovarian target genes (Hunzicker-Dunn et al 2006). These processes are dependant on …