Regulation of cell death in human fetal and adult ovaries-Role of Bok and Bcl-XL

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 17-24

  Jääskeläinen, Minna ^a,b   Nieminen, Anni ^c   Pökkylä, Reeta Maria ^a,c   Kauppinen, Marjut ^d   Liakka, Annikki ^b   Heikinheimo, Markku ^d,e   Vaskivuo, Tommi E ^a,b   Klefström, Juha ^c   Tapanainen, Juha S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c BIOMEDICUM HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl XL; Bok; Granulosa cell; Human; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 2 OVARIAN KILLER; PROTEIN BCL XL; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; STAUROSPORINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADULT; BCL-X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CELL DEATH; CYTOPROTECTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77957674646     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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