Analysis of apoptosis and expression of genes related to apoptosis in cultures of follicles derived from vitrified and non-vitrified ovaries

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-164

  Mazoochi, Tahereh ^a   Salehnia, Mojdeh ^a   Pourbeiranvand, Shahram ^a   Forouzandeh, Mehdi ^a   Mowla, Seyed Javad ^a   Hajizadeh, Ebrahim ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Follicular development; Gene expression; In vitro maturation; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SURVIVIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 61649094242     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap002     Document Type: Article

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