Involvement of the Fas ligand and Fas system in apoptosis induction of mouse uterine natural killer cells

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-340

  Kusakabe, Ken ^a,b   Otsuki, Yoshinori ^a   Kiso, Yasuo ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas; Fas ligand; lpr lpr mice; Uterine natural killer (uNK) cell

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; FASL PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MURPHY ROTHS LARGE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; TIME; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 25444435681     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.16086     Document Type: Article

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