Gene expression patterns of the Bcl-2 and Bax genes in preterm birth

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1212-1217

  Demendi, Csaba ^a   Börzsönyi, Balázs ^a   Végh, Veronika ^b   Nagy, Zsolt B ^b   Rigó Jr , János ^a   Pajor, Attila ^a   Joó, József Gábor ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NAGY GéN Diagnostics and Research Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Bax gene; Bcl 2 gene; placenta; preterm delivery; smoking in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BCL-2; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84866495229     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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