Expression patterns of cytokines, p53 and nitric oxide synthase isoenzymes in corpora lutea of pseudopregnant rabbits during spontaneous luteolysis

Reproduction

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-238

  Boiti, Cristiano ^b   Guelfi, Gabriella ^b   Zerani, Massimo ^a   Zampini, Danilo ^b   Brecchia, Gabriele ^b   Gobbetti, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE ACTION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1542300671     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00083     Document Type: Article

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