Levonorgestrel inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in uterine leiomyoma cells

Contraception

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-308

  Xu, Qing ^a   Qiu, Lili ^a   Zhu, Liqun ^a   Luo, Li ^a   Xu, Changfen ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Caspase 3; Cell proliferation and apoptosis; IGF 1; Levonorgestrel (LNG); p38 MAPK signal pathway; Survivin; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; LEVONORGESTREL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; SURVIVIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS MYOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; FORMAZANS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEIOMYOMA; LEVONORGESTREL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, NEOPLASM; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955577648     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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