Involvement of granule-mediated apoptosis in the cyclic changes of the normal human endometrium

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-25

  Igarashi, Tsukasa ^a   Konno, Ryo ^a   Okamoto, Satoshi ^a   Moriya, Takuya ^a   Satoh, Shinji ^a   Yajima, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; GRANZYME; GZMB PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PERFORIN; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; APOPTOSIS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0035228476     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.193.13     Document Type: Article

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