Preeclampsia is associated with failure of human cytotrophoblasts to mimic a vascular adhesion phenotype: One cause of defective endovascular invasion in this syndrome?

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2152-2164

  Zhou, Yan ^a   Damsky, Caroline H ^a   Fisher, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cadherins; endothelium; integrins; placenta; uterus; vascular

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; INTEGRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 0030979721     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119388     Document Type: Article

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