Promotion of ovarian follicle growth following mTOR activation: synergistic effects of AKT stimulators.

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase and mTOR signaling is important in regulating cell growth and proliferation. Recent studies using oocyte- and granulosa cell-specific deletion of mTOR inhibitor genes TSC1 or TSC2 demonstrated the important role of mTOR signaling in t...

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Main Authors: Yuan Cheng, Jaehong Kim, Xiao Xiao Li, Aaron J Hsueh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4340052?pdf=render