Bcl-2 and bax Expressions in pre-term, term and post-term placentas

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-178

  Daher, Silvia ^a,c   Guimarães, Alberto J ^a   Mattar, Rosiane ^a   Ishigai, Márcia M S ^a   Barreiro, Erica G ^a   Bevilacqua, Estela B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Parturition; Placenta; Post term birth; Premature labor

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; POSTMATURITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 47949084045     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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