Inhibin, activin, follistatin, activin receptors and β-glycan gene expression in the villous tissue of miscarriage patients

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 793-798

  Muttukrishna, S ^a   Bearfield, C ^a   Johns, J ^a   Jauniaux, E ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

glycan; Activin; Activin receptors; Follistatin; Inhibin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN BETA A; ACTIVIN BETA B; ACTIVIN BETA C; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; ALPHA INHIBIN; BETA GLYCAN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLISTATIN; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; INHIBIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RNA; RNA 18S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ISOLATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADAL HORMONES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; PREGNANCY; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 11044221232     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah110     Document Type: Article

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