Anandamide-Induced Cell Death: Dual Effects in Primary Rat Decidual Cell Cultures

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 686-692

  Fonseca, B M ^a,b   Correia da Silva, G ^a,b   Teixeira, N A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Apoptosis; Decidual cells; Endocannabinoids

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BETA-CYCLODEXTRINS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; DECIDUA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PREGNANCY; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1;

EID: 67650973436     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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