Genetics of primary ovarian insufficiency

R Rossetti, I Ferrari, M Bonomi, L Persani - Clinical genetics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is characterized by a loss of ovarian function before the
age of 40 and account for one major cause of female infertility. POI relevance is continuously …

FOXL2: a central transcription factor of the ovary

A Georges, A Auguste, L Bessiere… - Journal of …, 2014 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Forkhead box L2 (FOXL2) is a gene encoding a forkhead transcription factor preferentially
expressed in the ovary, the eyelids and the pituitary gland. Its germline mutations are …

Functional Divergence of Multiple Duplicated Foxl2 Homeologs and Alleles in a Recurrent Polyploid Fish

RH Gan, Y Wang, Z Li, ZX Yu, XY Li… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary fates of duplicated genes have been widely investigated in many polyploid
plants and animals, but research is scarce in recurrent polyploids. In this study, we focused …

HMGA2–FOXL2 axis regulates metastases and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of chemoresistant gastric cancer

J Dong, R Wang, G Ren, X Li, J Wang, Y Sun… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Purpose: Chemoresistance is the main cause of treatment failure in cancer and is
associated with distant metastases and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). This …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA-133b stimulates ovarian estradiol synthesis by targeting Foxl2

A Dai, H Sun, T Fang, Q Zhang, S Wu, Y Jiang, L Ding… - FEBS letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Forkhead L2 (Foxl2) is expressed in ovarian granulosa cells and participates in
steroidogenesis by transcriptionally regulating target genes such as steroidogenic acute …

Pathogenesis and treatment of adult-type granulosa cell tumor of the ovary

A Färkkilä, UM Haltia, J Tapper, MK McConechy… - Annals of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Adult-type granulosa cell tumor is a clinically and molecularly unique subtype of ovarian
cancer. These tumors originate from the sex cord stromal cells of the ovary and represent 3 …

Foxl2 and its relatives are evolutionary conserved players in gonadal sex differentiation

S Bertho, J Pasquier, Q Pan, G Le Trionnaire… - Sexual …, 2016 - karger.com
Foxl2 is a member of the large family of Forkhead Box (Fox) domain transcription factors. It
emerged during the last 15 years as a key player in ovarian differentiation and oogenesis in …

[HTML][HTML] The forkhead factor Foxl2 participates in the ovarian differentiation of Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis

L Jin, W Sun, H Bao, X Liang, P Li, S Shi, Z Wang… - Developmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The forkhead transcription factor Foxl2 plays a major role in ovarian development and
function in mice and fish, and acts as a female sex-determining gene in goat. Its functional …

Ovarian cancer: diagnostic, biological and prognostic aspects

B Davidson, CG Tropé - Women's Health, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Ovarian cancer remains the most lethal gynecologic malignancy, owing to late detection,
intrinsic and acquired chemoresistance and remarkable heterogeneity. Despite optimization …

Mutant FOXL2C134W Hijacks SMAD4 and SMAD2/3 to Drive Adult Granulosa Cell Tumors

SE Weis-Banke, M Lerdrup, D Kleine-Kohlbrecher… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
The mutant protein FOXL2C134W is expressed in at least 95% of adult-type ovarian
granulosa cell tumors (AGCT) and is considered to be a driver of oncogenesis in this …