Production of protein hormones by cultured trophoblast cells isolated from term and early placentae

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 278-284

  Malek, Antoine ^a,c   Sager, Ruth ^a   Willi, Amara ^a   Müller, Jürg ^a   Hänggi, Willy ^a   Leiser, Rudolf ^b   Bersinger, Niklaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

De novo synthesis; First trimester; hCG; hPL; Human; Third trimester; Trophoblast culture

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0034062779     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2000.430506.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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