Antioxidant activities and mRNA expression of superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase in normal and preeclamptic placentas

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 179-184

  Wang, Yuping ^a   Walsh, Scott W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

catalase; glutathione peroxidase; mRNA expression; placenta; preeclampsia; Superoxide dismutase; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030200307     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1071-5576(96)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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