Endothelin-1 stimulates the proliferation and invasion of first trimester trophoblastic cells in vitro - A possible role in the etiology of pre-eclampsia?

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 447-453

  Cervar, Mila ^a   Puerstner, Peter ^a   Kainer, Franz ^a   Desoye, Gernot ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endothelin 1; Invasion; Placenta; Proliferation; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; N ACETYL 3,3 DIPHENYL DEXTRO ALANYLLEUCYLASPARTYLISOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLTRYPTOPHAN; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION; TROPHOBLAST;

CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ECLAMPSIA; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0030253620     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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