Follicular atresia as an apoptotic process: Atresia-associated increase in the ovarian expression of the putative apoptotic marker sulfated glycoprotein-2

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-208

  Hurwitz, Arye ^a   Ruutiainen Altman, Kristiina ^a   Marzella, Louis ^a   Botero, Luis ^a,c   Dushnik, Matat ^a,b   Adashi, Eli Y ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^d Div of Reproductive Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; atresia; Ovary; SGP 2

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLUSTERIN; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030199908     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1071-5576(96)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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