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| REYES,PAZ A; VARGAS,MACARENA F; GARCÍA,KATHERINE P; RUBILAR,PAULINA S; NAVARRETE,PATRICIA A; FUENTES,PAMELA M; RÍOS,MIGUEL A; ORIHUELA,PEDRO A; VARGAS,RENATO H; RUBIO,VÍCTOR H; HECKELS,JOHN; CHRISTODOULIDES,MYRON; CÁRDENAS,HUGO; VELASQUEZ,LUIS A. |
| Background: Infection of the Fallopian tubes (FT) by Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ngo) can lead to acute salpingitis, an inflammatory condition resulting in damage primarily to the ciliated cells, with loss of ciliary activity and sloughing of the cells from the epithelium. Recently, we have shown that Ngo infection induced apoptosis in FT epithelium cells by a TNF-alpha dependent mechanism that could contribute to the cell and tissue damage observed in gonococcal salpingitis. Aim: To investigate the apoptosis-related genes expressed during apoptosis induction in cultured FT epithelial cells infected in vitro by Ngo. Materials and Methods: In the current study, we used cDNA macroarrays and real time PCR to identify and determine the expression levels of... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Apoptosis; Fallopian tube; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Salpingitis; TNF-alpha. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602007000400006 |
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| PEÑARROJA-MATUTAN0,C; PARADA-BUSTAMANTE,A; ORIHUELA,P A; RÍOS,M; VELASQUEZ,LUIS A; CROXATTO,H B. |
| Estradiol (E2) accelerates oviductal egg transport through nongenomic pathways involving oviductal protein phosphorylation in non-mated rats, and through genomic pathways in mated rats. Here we investigated the ability of cervico-vaginal stimulation (CVS) to switch the mode of action of E2 in the absence of other male-associated components. Pro-estrous rats were subjected to CVS with a glass rod and 12 hours later were injected subcutaneously with E2 and intrabursally with the RNA synthesis inhibitor Actinomycin D or the protein phosphorylation inhibitor H-89. The number of eggs in the oviduct, assessed 24 h later, showed that Actinomycin D, but not H-89 blocked the E2-induced egg transport acceleration. This clearly indicates that CVS alone, without other... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Mating; Oviduct; Estradiol; Signaling pathways; Prolactin receptor; Egg transport; Rat. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602007000200012 |
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