Regulation mechanism of selective atresia in porcine follicles: Regulation of granulosa cell apoptosis during atresia

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 493-514

  Manabe, Noboru ^a   Goto, Yasufumi ^a,b   Matsuda Minehata, Fuko ^a   Inoue, Naoko ^c   Maeda, Akihisa ^a,b   Sakamaki, Kazuhiro ^b   Miyano, Takashi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell death ligand; Cell death receptor; Follicular atresia; Granulosa cell; Porcine ovary

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; DEATH RECEPTOR 4; DEATH RECEPTOR 5; ESTRADIOL; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; FAS LIGAND; FLICE INHIBITORY PROTEIN; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GONADORELIN; I KAPPA B KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INHIBIN; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SELECTION; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULOSA CELL; LUTEAL CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GRANULOSA CELLS; SWINE;

EID: 16644374745     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.493     Document Type: Review

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