The Bax/Bcl-2 apoptotic pathway is not responsible for the increase in apoptosis in the RU486-treated rat uterus during early pregnancy

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 290-297

  Theron, Kathrine E ^a   Penny, Clement B ^a   Hosie, Margot J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Mifepristone; RU486

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

MIFEPRISTONE; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAX; BCL-2; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PONTAMINE SKY BLUE; PREGNANCY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS; WISTAR RAT;

APOPTOSIS; BAX; BCL-2; MIFEPRISTONE; RU486;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MIFEPRISTONE; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPAN BLUE; UTERUS;

EID: 84888271746     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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