Effects of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonists on apoptosis of granulosa cells

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1042, Issue , 2005, Pages 531-537

  Tsai, Nu Man ^a,b   Hsieh, Rong Hong ^b   Au, Heng Kien ^b,c   Shieh, Ming Jer ^b   Huang, Shih Yi ^b   Tzeng, Chu Ruey ^b,c  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gonadotrophin releasing hormone; Granulosa cell

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GROWTH FACTOR; LEUPRORELIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEOLYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 22044445304     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1338.065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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