The regulation of apoptosis in preantral ovarian follicles

NeuroSignals

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Mc Gee, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; cAMP; cGMP; FSH; KGF; Ovary; Preantral follicle

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; DNA FRAGMENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

APOPTOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 7; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

EID: 0034021053     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014626     Document Type: Article

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