Does melatonin influence the apoptosis in rat uterus of animals exposed to continuous light?

Apoptosis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 155-162

  Ferreira, Cecília S ^a,b   Carvalho, Kátia C ^b   Maganhin, Carla C ^b   Paiotti, Ana P R ^a   Oshima, Celina T F ^a   Simões, Manuel J ^a   Baracat, Edmund C ^b   Soares, José M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Continuous light; Female rats; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND; HORMONE; MELATONIN; PROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNEL ASSAY; UPREGULATION; UTERUS; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS;

EID: 84954526511     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-015-1195-0     Document Type: Article

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