A novel Mtd splice isoform is responsible for trophoblast cell death in pre-eclampsia

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 441-452

  Soleymanlou, N ^a,b,c   Wu, Y ^a   Wang, J X ^b   Todros, T ^d   Ietta, F ^a   Jurisicova, A ^a,c   Post, M ^b,c   Caniggia, I ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Matador (Mtd); Oxidative stress; Placenta; Pre eclampsia; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; MATADOR P PROTEIN; MATADOR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 18644363025     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401593     Document Type: Article

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