Title | Cell Death in Reproductive Physiology [electronic resource] / edited by Jonathan L. Tilly, Jerome F. Strauss, Martin Tenniswood |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1997 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1944-6 |
Descript | XIX, 307 p. online resource |
1. Dissecting the Functions, Mechanisms, and Genes of Physiological Cell Death in Reproductive Tissues: An Overview -- 2. C. elegansas a Model System for Germ Cell Death -- 3. Stem Cell Factor Regulation of Apoptosis in Mouse Primordial Germ Cells -- 4. Developmental Consequences of Programmed Cell Death in Human Preimplantation Embryos -- 5. Control of Apoptosis in the Uterus During Decidualization -- 6. Molecular Mechanisms of Mรผllerian Inhibiting Substance-Mediated Apoptosis -- 7. A Program of Cell Death and Extracellular Matrix Degradation in Fetal Membranes Prior to Labor -- 8. Apoptosis-Susceptible Versus -Resistant Granulosa Cells From Hen Ovarian Follicles -- 9. Ultrastructural Aspects of cAMP and p53-Mediated Apoptosis in Normal and ras-Transformed Granulosa Cells -- 10. Regulation of Apoptosis Versus Mitosis in Immature Granulosa Cells -- 11. Cell-to-Cell Contact and the Role of Cadherins in Cell Survival -- 12. The Central Role of Basement Membrane in Functional Differentiation, Apoptosis, and Cancer -- 13. Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidants in Luteal Cell Demise -- 14. Potential Regulators of Physiological Cell Death in the Corpus Luteum -- 15. ICER and the Nuclear Response to cAMP -- 16. Clinical Ramifications of Apoptosis in the Human Testis -- 17. Apoptosis and Tumor Invasion in Hormone-Dependent Cancers -- 18. Cell Volume Regulation and the Movement of Ions During Apoptosis -- 19. Apoptosis in the Ovary: The Role of DNase I -- 20. Synthetic Estrogen-Mediated Alterations in Uterine Cell Fate -- Author Index