Effect of bromocriptine on cell apoptosis and proliferation in GH3 cell culture

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-228

  Wasko, Ryszard ^a   Wolun Cholewa, M ^a   Bolko, P ^a   Kotwicka, M ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bromocriptine; GH3 cells

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; BUCLADESINE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN GH3; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; RAT; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

EID: 4344589347     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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