Altered Bcl-2 and Bax expression is associated with cultured first trimester human cytotrophoblasts apoptosis induced by hypoxia

Life Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-355

  Hu, Rong ^a   Zhou, Shufeng ^b   Li, Xiaotian ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Cytotrophoblast; Hypoxia; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

LIPOCORTIN 5; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; MATERNAL DISEASE; NICK END LABELING; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 33744527895     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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