Clinical corner: Research communication: Assessment of estrogen receptors and apoptotic factors in cryopreserved human ovarian cortex

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 236-243

  Depalo, Raffaella ^a   Lorusso, Filomenamila ^a   Bettocchi, Stefano ^a   Selvaggi, Luigi ^a   Cavallini, Aldo ^b   Valentini, Anna Maria ^b   Caruso, Maria Lucia ^b   Lippolis, Catia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cryopreservation; Estrogen receptors; Ovarian tissue

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROTEIN BAX; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; THAWING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 72949113187     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396360903046761     Document Type: Article

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