Gonadotropin-releasing hormone directly induces apoptotic cell death in the rat ovary: Biochemical and in situ detection of deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation in granulosa cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 245-252

  Billig, Håkan ^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

DNA FRAGMENT; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADORELIN; GRANULOSA CELLS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027955120     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.134.1.8275940     Document Type: Article

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