Focimatrix regulation of sex steroid hormones in the ovary

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/519367

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Sex steroid hormones (e.g. oestrogen and testosterone), are important to male and female health. In the ovarian follicle I identified a novel form of extracellular matrix (focimatrix) which develops in the ovary before the synthetic enzymes needed for sex steroids are present. Using evidence from other tissues, I developed ideas on how this matrix regulates the enzymes for hormone synthesis. I will examine a mechanism by which focimatrix could directly affect steroid hormone production.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $291,309.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutritional science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Cell - matrix interactions | Reproductive biology | Steroid hormone regulation

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