Fractalkine (FRK) levels in amniotic fluid and its production during pregnancy

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-101

  Shimoya, Koichiro ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Tenma, Kumiko ^a   Ota, Yukinobu ^a   Hashimoto, Kazumasa ^a   Shizusawa, Y Yoshie ^a   Kimura, Tadashi ^b   Koyama, Masayasu ^a   Murata, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amnion; Amniotic fluid; CX3CR1; Fetal urine; Fractalkine

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CX3C CHEMOKINE; FRACTALKINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNION CELL; AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST; URINE LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHEMOKINES; CHEMOKINES, CX3C; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0037291299     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gag009     Document Type: Article

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