Roles of antioxidant enzymes in corpus luteum rescue from reactive oxygen species-induced oxidative stress

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-560

  Al Gubory, Kaïs H ^a   Garrel, Catherine ^b   Faure, Patrice ^b   Sugino, Norihiro ^c  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

antioxidants; corpus luteum; oxidative stress; progesterone; reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROLACTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN H2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DECARBOXYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVESTOCK; LUTEOLYSIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NICK END LABELING; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STEROIDOGENESIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL HYPOXIA; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORPUS LUTEUM MAINTENANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84870519819     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.08.004     Document Type: Review

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