Elevated expression of the proapoptotic BCL-2 family member, BAK, in the human endometrium coincident with apoptosis during the secretory phase of the cycle

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 338-343

  Tao, Xiao Jing ^b   Sayegh, Raja A ^a,b   Tilly, Jonathan L ^b   Isaacson, Keith B ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; BAK; BCL 2; Endometrium; Menstrual cycle; Uterus

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032146471     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00129-0     Document Type: Article

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