Role of the DLL4-NOTCH system in PGF2alpha-induced luteolysis in the pregnant rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 859-865

  Hernandez, Fatima ^a   Peluffo, Marina C ^b   Stouffer, Richard L ^b   Irusta, Griselda ^a   Tesone, Marta ^a,c  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Corpus luteum; Ovary; Pregnancy; Progesterone progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DELTA LIKE LIGAND DLL4; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; N [N (3,5 DIFLUOROPHENACETYLALANYL)]PHENYLGLYCINE TERT BUTYL ESTER; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL NUCLEUS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROST; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUTEOLYSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 79956287293     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.088708     Document Type: Article

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