Tie-2 and angiopoietin-2 expression at the fetal-maternal interface: A receptor ligand model for vascular remodelling

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-87

  Goldman Wohl, Debra S ^a   Ariel, Ilana ^a   Greenfield, Caryn ^a   Lavy, Yuval ^a   Yagel, Simcha ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiopoietin 2; Placenta; Spiral artery; Tie 2; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; CELL RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0033960046     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/6.1.81     Document Type: Article

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