Estrogens inhibit and androgens enhance ovarian granulosa cell apoptosis

Endocrinology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 2204-2212

  Billig, Häkan ^a   Furuta, Itsuko ^a,b   Hsueh, Aaron J W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL DEATH; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DNA; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0027423114     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.133.5.8404672     Document Type: Article

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