Interferon-γ induces differentiation of ectoplacental cone cells to phenotypically distinct trophoblasts

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 663-672

  Athanassakis, I ^a   Papadimitriou, L ^a   Bouris, G ^a   Vassiliadis, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Ectoplacental cone; Growth factors; Interferon ; Placenta; Pregnancy; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 3; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; DRUG EFFECT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0034287006     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(00)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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