Increase in pro-apoptotic Bax expression and decrease in anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 expression in newborns with necrotizing enterocolitis

ATEŞ U., GÖLLÜ BAHADIR G., Kucuk G., BİLLUR D., Bingol-Kologlu M., Yilmaz Y., ...More

ARCHIVOS ARGENTINOS DE PEDIATRIA, vol.114, no.3, pp.243-247, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 114 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5546/aap.2016.eng.243
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVOS ARGENTINOS DE PEDIATRIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.243-247
  • Keywords: apoptosis, gene expression, necrotizing enterocolitis, newborn, EPIDERMAL-GROWTH-FACTOR, INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM, NITRIC-OXIDE, RAT MODEL, PATHOGENESIS
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background/Aim. The aim of the present study was to find out if there is an increase in the expression of pro-apoptotic Bax and reduction in expression of anti-apoptotic Blc-2A1 in newborn intestines with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).