Ectopic and eutopic stromal endometriotic cells have a damaged ceramide signaling pathway to apoptosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1834-1843

  Chrobak, Agnieszka ^a,b   Sieradzka, Urszula ^b   Sozański, Rafał ^b   Chełmońska Soyta, Anna ^b   Gabryś, Marian ^b   Jerzak, Małgorzata ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MILITARY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

apoptosis; ceramide pathway; Endometriosis; sphingosine analogues; stromal cells

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; CERAMIDE; D SPHINGOSINE; DL ERYTHRO SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASIC RESEARCH; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETAL CALF SERUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FOLLICLE CYST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; G0 PHASE; G1 PHASE; G2 PHASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOSINE; STROMAL CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749156024     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.035     Document Type: Article

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