Estrous cycle dependent changes in expression and distribution of Fas, Fas ligand, Bcl-2, Bax, and pro- and active caspase-3 in the rat ovary

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-192

  Slot, Karin A ^a   Voorendt, Marsha ^a   de Boer Brouwer, Mieke ^a   van Vugt, Harmke H ^b   Teerds, Katja J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; PROCASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; EPITHELIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELL; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CORPUS LUTEUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRUS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEOLYSIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS;

EID: 33244495717     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06165     Document Type: Article

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