Human placental trophoblast cells express α-tocopherol transfer protein

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 439-444

  Kaempf Rotzoll, D E ^a,b   Horiguchi, M ^a   Hashiguchi, K ^c   Aoki, J ^a   Tamai, H ^d   Linderkamp, O ^b   Arai, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL TRANSFER PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID SOLUBILITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0141838103     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0966     Document Type: Article

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