Hypoxia alters expression and function of syncytin and its receptor during trophoblast cell fusion of human placental BeWo cells: Implications for impaired trophoblast syncytialisation in pre-eclampsia

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1638, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Kudo, Yoshiki ^a,c   Boyd, C A R ^a   Sargent, I L ^b   Redman, C W G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BeWo cell; Cell fusion; Oxygen; Placenta; Syncytiotrophoblast

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FORSKOLIN; PROTEIN; SYNCYTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN TENSION; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0038664241     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4439(03)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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