Event
PhD Oral Defense: Prolactin and its receptor in the follicular hierarchy of chickens
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 09:15
Raymond Building
R3-047, 21111 Lakeshore Road, St Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, CA
PhD Oral Defense of Shenqiang Hu, Department of Animal Science
In galliformes, prolactin (PRL) is thought to have both pro- and anti-gonadal effects on steroidogenesis by ovarian follicles dependent on its concentration. However, the role of the major isoform (glycosylated PRL, G-PRL) is unknown. Therefore, a comparison between non-glycosylated (NG-) and G-PRL on steroidogenesis in chicken different size class follicles was carried out.