Dexamethasone induces germ cell apoptosis in the human fetal ovary

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Poulain, Marine ^a,c,d   Frydman, Nelly ^a,c,d   Duquenne, Clotilde ^a,b   N'Tumba Byn, Thierry ^a,b   Benachi, Alexandra ^c,d,e   Habert, René ^a,b   Rouiller Fabre, Virginie ^a,b   Livera, Gabriel ^a,b  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CASPASE 3; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR NR3C1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FKBP5 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INDUCED ABORTION; KIT GENE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PLZF GENE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; OOGONIA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; VIRILISM;

EID: 84867257263     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-1681     Document Type: Article

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