Melatonin as a local regulator of human placental function

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-265

  Iwasaki, Shinya ^a   Nakazawa, Kazumi ^b   Sakai, Jun ^a   Kometani, Kunio ^b   Iwashita, Mitsutoshi ^c   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^a   Maruyama, Tetsuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin; Melatonin; Placenta; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ACETYLSEROTONIN N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 25144493561     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2005.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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