Hypoxia-inducible factor-2α is involved in enhanced apoptosis in the placenta from pregnancies with fetal growth restriction

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 843-849

  Dai, Shu Yan ^a   Kanenishi, Kenji ^a   Ueno, Masaki ^a   Sakamoto, Haruhiko ^a   Hata, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fetal growth restriction; Fetoplacental vascular endothelium; Hypoxia inducible factors; Placenta; Syncytiotrophoblast

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 11244299726     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01750.x     Document Type: Article

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