L-arginine enhances cell proliferation and reduces apoptosis in human endometrial RL95-2 cells

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Greene, Jonathan M ^a,b   Feugang, Jean M ^b   Pfeiffer, Kathryn E ^b   Stokes, John V ^a   Bowers, Susan D ^b   Ryan, Peter L ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell proliferation; Endometrium; L arginine; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYAMINE; PROTEIN BAD;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NICK END LABELING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

APOPTOSIS; ARGININE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84874213614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-15     Document Type: Article

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