Endometriotic cells are resistant to interferon-γ-induced cell growth inhibition and apoptosis: A possible mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-34

  Nishida, Masakazu ^a   Nasu, Kaei ^a   Ueda, Tami ^a   Fukuda, Junichiro ^a   Takai, Noriyuki ^a   Miyakawa, Isao ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Bcl XL; Endometriosis; Interferon ; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CELL DNA; CYTOKINE; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; TETRAZOLIUM;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOSOME; OVARY CYST; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMA CELL; UPREGULATION; UTERUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 14744285184     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah133     Document Type: Article

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