Apoptosis in uterine epithelium and decidua in response to implantation: Evidence for two different pathways

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Joswig, Anike ^a   Gabriel, Heinz Dieter ^a,b   Kibschull, Mark ^a   Winterhager, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Andreas Bannowsky Ltd   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; FAS LIGAND; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; BAX PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASP9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASPASE; FAS ANTIGEN; FASL PROTEIN, MOUSE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE I; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UTERUS;

EID: 4344563978     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-1-44     Document Type: Article

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