Effect of estradiol, progesterone and testosterone on apoptosis- and proliferation-induced MAPK signaling in human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-447

  Powazniak, Yanina ^a   Kempfer, Ana Catalina ^a   De La Paz Dominguez, María ^a   Farias, Cristina ^a   Keller, Leticia ^a   Calderazzo, Julio Cesar ^a   Lazzari, Maria Angela ^a  

^a Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Estradiol; Extracellular regulated kinase1 2; Jun N terminal kinase; P38; Phosphorylation; Progesterone; Proliferation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FULVESTRANT; HORMONE INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROGESTERONE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 69249129509     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr_00000119     Document Type: Article

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