Role of apoptosis in functional luteolysis in the pregnant rabbit corpus luteum: Evidence of a role for placental-derived factors in promoting luteal cell survival

Apoptosis

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 807-814

  Dharmarajan, A M ^a,b   Goodman, S B ^a,e   Atiya, N ^b   Parkinson, S P ^b   Lareu, R R ^b   Tilly, K I ^c,d   Tilly, J L ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl x; Corpus luteum; Placenta; Pregnancy; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

PLACENTA EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL X; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA INTEGRATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INCUBATION TIME; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; LUTEOLYSIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RABBITS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21644459928     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPT.0000045783.71178.c4     Document Type: Article

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