Role of nitric oxide and bcl-2 family genes in the regulation of human endometrial apoptosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 587-595

  Castro, Andrea ^a   Johnson, María Cecilia ^a   Anido, Mabel ^a,b   Cortinez, Armando ^a,b   Gabler, Fernando ^a   Vega, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bax; bcl 2; Human endometrium; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036735579     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)03304-6     Document Type: Article

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