title: Levels of heat shock protein transcripts in normal follicles and ovarian follicular cysts.
abstract: In the study, the gene expression of several heat shock proteins (HSPs) was determined in normal follicles and cystic follicles from cattle. A lower expression of HSP10 and HSP40 was observed in granulosa and theca cells of cysts compared to normal follicles. HSP27 was significantly less expressed in granulosa cells in cystic and large antral follicles than in other follicular categories. HSP60 and HSP90a expressions were highest in theca cells of cysts. However, HSP70 and HSP90b exhibited a lower expression in cysts than in healthy follicles.
authors.affiliation: Morphological Sciences Department, National University of Litoral (FCV-UNL), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina.
authors.forename: Melisa M L
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Velázquez
authors.forename: Natalia S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Alfaro
authors.forename: Natalia R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Salvetti
authors.forename: Matías L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Stangaferro
authors.forename: Florencia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: Carolina G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Panzani
authors.forename: Hugo H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ortega
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000378:metabolism*; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger