Bcl-2 and Fas expression in eutopic and ectopic human endometrium during the menstrual cycle in relation to endometrial cell apoptosis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 360-368

  Watanabe, H ^a   Kanzaki, H ^a   Narukawa, S ^a   Inoue, T ^a   Katsuragawa, H ^a   Kaneko, Y ^a   Mori, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Bcl 2 protein; endometriosis; Fas antigen; Human endometrium

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031037955     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70499-X     Document Type: Article

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