Caspase cascade of Fas-mediated apoptosis in human normal endometrium and endometrial carcinoma cells

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 535-541

  Abe, Hideaki ^a   Shibata, Masa Aki ^a   Otsuki, Yoshinori ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bid; Caspase family; Human endometrial carcinoma cell line; Human endometrium

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FAS ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN P55;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; CASP8 AND FADD-LIKE APOPTOSIS REGULATING PROTEIN; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750392711     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah260     Document Type: Article

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