Alternative pathways of ovarian apoptosis: Death for life

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1355-1362

  Amsterdam, A ^a   Sasson, R ^a   Keren Tal, I ^a   Aharoni, D ^a   Dantes, A ^a   Rimon, E ^b   Land, A ^a   Cohen, T ^a   Dor, Y ^c   Hirsh, L ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblastic growth factor; bFGF; Cyt C; Cytochrome C; EGF; Epidermal growth factor; FGF; FGFR; Fibroblast growth factor; Fibroblast growth factor receptor; IGF; Insulin like growth factor; LH; Luteinizing hormone; TNF ; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYTOCHROME C; ESTRADIOL; GRANZYME B; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN P53; PROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; GRANZYME; GZMB PROTEIN, HUMAN; GZMB PROTEIN, RAT; SERINE PROTEINASE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GRANULOSA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL CULTURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; OVARY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0642375811     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(03)00485-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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