Inverse relationship between apoptosis and Bcl-2 expression in syncytiotrophoblast and fibrin-type fibrinoid in early gestation

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 246-251

  Toki, Toshihiko ^a   Horiuchi, Akiko ^a   Ichikawa, Naoko ^a   Mori, Atsushi ^a   Nikaido, Toshio ^a   Fujii, Shingo ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Histochemistry; p21; Syncytiotrophoblast

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORION VILLUS; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0033005369     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.3.246     Document Type: Article

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