Progesterone withdrawal and RU-486 treatment stimulate apoptosis in specific uterine decidual cells

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-81

  Moulton, Bruce C ^a   Motz, Joan ^a   Serdoncillo, Cleo ^a   Akcali, Kamil C ^a   Khan, Sohaib A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Decidual cells; Endometrium; Progesterone,; RU 486; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; DIGOXIGENIN; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; RAT; STROMA CELL; UTERUS;

EID: 0031023285     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400202     Document Type: Article

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