The Fas/FasL apoptotic pathway is involved in κ-opioidinduced apoptosis of human endometrial stromal cells

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 867-874

  Chatzaki, E ^a   Makrigiannakis, A ^a   Margioris, A N ^a   Kouimtzoglou, E ^a   Gravanis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

opioidis; Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Endometrium; Fas; FasL

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; DYNORPHIN; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; KAPPA OPIATE; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; NALOXONE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MENSTRUATION; NEURAL CREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; STROMA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BENZENEACETAMIDES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOMETRIUM; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PYRROLIDINES; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0034848517     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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