Semaphorin 4D induces vaginal epithelial cell apoptosis to control mouse postnatal vaginal tissue remodeling

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 829-836

  Ito, Takuji ^a   Bai, Tao ^b   Tanaka, Tetsuji ^b   Yoshida, Kenji ^a   Ueyama, Takashi ^c   Miyajima, Masayasu ^d   Negishi, Takayuki ^a   Kawasaki, Takahiko ^e   Takamatsu, Hyota ^f   Kikutani, Hitoshi ^g   Kumanogoh, Atsushi ^f   Yukawa, Kazunori ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Japan)

^c Departments of Anatomy   (Japan)

^d WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^f Departments of Immunopathology   (Netherlands)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Axon guidance; Growth cone collapse; Semaphorin

Indexed keywords

MUS;

CASPASE 3; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; PLXNB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEMAPHORIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; APOPTOSIS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEMAPHORINS; VAGINA;

EID: 84916205117     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2773     Document Type: Article

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