Trophoblast pseudo-vasculogenesis: Faking it with endothelial adhesion receptors

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 660-666

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL RECEPTOR; INTEGRIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERIOLE; CELL INVASION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATERNAL BLOOD; PHENOTYPE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031671857     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(98)80043-4     Document Type: Review

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