Melatonin promotes progesterone secretion in sheep luteal cells by regulating autophagy via the AMPK/mTOR pathway
Hongwei Duan, Shuai Yang, Longfei Xiao, Shanshan Yang, Zhenxing Yan, Fang Wang, Xiaofei Ma, Lihong Zhang, Yong Zhang, Junjie Hu, Xingxu Zhao
Topics & Concepts
Corpus luteumAutophagyMelatoninEndocrinologyInternal medicineMelatonin receptorPI3K/AKT/mTOR pathwayAMPKSecretionLuteal phaseReceptorBiologyChemistryCholesterol side-chain cleavage enzymeSignal transductionCell biologyProtein kinase AOvaryHormoneApoptosisKinaseMedicineBiochemistryMetabolismCytochrome P450Circadian rhythm and melatoninDietary Effects on HealthEpigenetics and DNA Methylation