Susceptibility of ovarian granulosa cells to apoptosis differs in cells isolated before or after the preovulatory LH surge

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 13-20

  Porter, Dale A ^a   Harman, Rebecca M ^a   Cowan, Robert G ^a   Quirk, Susan M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas antigen; Follicle; LH surge; Ovary

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FAS ANTIGEN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ACETATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA TROMETAMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OVULATION; RNA, MESSENGER; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0035947303     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00479-8     Document Type: Article

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