IFN-γ promotes apoptosis of the uterus and placenta in pregnant rat and human cytotrophoblast cells

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 567-578

  Sun, Quan Hong ^a   Peng, Jing Pian ^a   Xia, Hong Fei ^a   Yang, Ying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34547182306     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.2006.0106     Document Type: Article

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