Fetal growth retardation in rats may result from apoptosis: Role of peroxynitrite

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 619-629

  Miller, Mark J S ^a   Voelker, C A ^a   Olister, S ^a   Thompson, J H ^a   Zhang, X J ^a   Rivera, D ^a   Eloby Childress, S ^a   Liu, X ^a   Clark, D A ^a   Pierce, M R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Endotoxin; Fetal growth; Free radicals; Nitric oxide; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; DNA FRAGMENT; ENDOTOXIN; FREE RADICAL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; ENZYME INDUCTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029775889     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(96)00171-2     Document Type: Article

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