Joseph V. Bonventre

ORCID: 0000-0001-7144-386X · 1 paper in corpus

article 2012

Group IVA phospholipase A 2 optimizes ovulation and fertilization in rodents through induction of and metabolic coupling with prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase 2

·doi:10.1096/fj.12-203968

Female mice lacking group IVA phospholipase A(2) (Pla2g4a(-/-)) have a smaller litter size, which is due, in part, to defective implantation. We examined PLA(2)G4A dependence of the processes of ovulation and fertilization. Following induct…