Functional characteristics of human trophoblast interferons

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-317

  Aboagye Mathiesen, George ^a   Tóth, Ferenc D ^a   Zdravkovic, Milan ^a   Ebbesen, Peter ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Extravillous trophoblasts; Interferons; Villous trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOREGULATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTO ONCOGENE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029983899     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00486.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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