Neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein (NAIP) may enhance the survival of granulosa cells thus indirectly affecting oocyte survival

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-111

  Matsumoto, Kazuya ^a,d   Nakayama, Taisuke ^a   Sakai, Harumi ^a   Tanemura, Kentaro ^b   Osuga, Hitoshi ^a   Sato, Eimei ^a,c   Ikeda, Joh E ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atresia; Granulosa cell; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS INHIBITORY PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032827329     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199910)54:2<103::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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