Hyperglycemia induces apoptosis in pre-implantation embryos through cell death effector pathways

Nature Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1421-1424

  Moley, K H ^a   Chi, M M Y ^a   Knudson, C M ^a   Korsmeyer, S J ^a   Mueckler, M M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CELL DEATH; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLASTOCYST; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031728455     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/4013     Document Type: Article

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