Article
Diabetes (db/db) mutation-induced endometrial epithelial lipoapoptosis: ultrastructural and cytochemical analysis of reproductive tract atrophy.
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E - 27 Apr 2005
Garris David R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The diabetes (db/db) mutation in C57BL/KsJ mice promotes a progressive cytolipidemia within the endometrial epithelial (EE) layer of the female reproductive tract which results in premature cellular and organ atrophy. The current studies focus on the ultrastructural and cytochemical changes which promote nuclear apoptosis and cytostructural disruption following the expression of endometrial...
Topics
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Atrophy
- Diabetes Complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Endometrium
- Epithelial Cells
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hyperglycemia
- Lipid Metabolism
